HISTORY 


OF 


JERSEYVILLE,  ILLINOIS, 


1822  TO  1901. 


BY 


REV.  MARSHALL  M.  COOPER 


JERSEYV1LLE  REPUBLICAN  PRINT. 
1901. 


PREFACE. 

5  ~~~~~ 

This  volume  I  now  respectfully  dedicate  to  the  citizens  of 
Jerseyville,  111.  I  am  not  unmindful  of  the  many  kind  and 
encouraging-  words  spoken  to  me  by  almost  all  the  citizens  of 
Jerseyville,  while  in  course  of  writing-  and  construction,  es- 
pecially am  I  endebted  to  Editor  Becker  for  his  many  sensi- 
ble pointers  which  have  been  very  helpful.  This  book  con- 
tains a  history  of  our  City,  covering- a  period  of  seventy-nine 
years,  beginning-  when  John  Ballard,  a  pioneer  squatter  who 
built  his  cabin  on  Abija  Davis'  farm  in  the  north  part  of  the 
city  in  1822,  before  a  foot  of  land  was  entered,  in  or  near,  Jer- 
seyville. Taking  this  date  for  my  starting-point,  I  have  sys- 
tematically followed  the  rise  and  progress  of  our  city  to  the 
present  moment,  giving-  an  impartial  and  correct  account  of 
all  her  internal  improvements,  every  business  interest  which 
has  risen  and  passed  away,  with  all  that  remains;  every  pro- 
fession, whose  representatives  have  passed  away,  or  remain 
with  us;  every  occupation  once  followed,  and  is  still  followed; 
the  churches,  their  organization,  growth;  with  the  successive 
change  of  their  pastors,  and  when;  our  educational  system,  of 
which  our  citzens  are  justly  so  proud;  have  all  been  carefully, 
but  of  necessity  briefly,  represented. 

This  volume  is  also  embellished  with  portraits  of  about 
one  hundred  and  fifty  of  our  citizens,  some  of  them  the  early 
pioneers,  others  early  professional  and  business  men,  with 
the  lai'ger  part  of  the  professional  and  business  men  who  re- 
main with  us,  with  some  twenty  children  placed  in  groups,  al- 
together covering  in  their  lives  a  period  of  about  one  hundred 
and  ten  years. 

When  all  these  faces  are  hid  in  the  tomb,  this  memorial 
book  will  reveal  to  the  survivors  many  reminiscences  of  by- 
gone days.  I  have  spared  neither  pains  nor  labor  in  canvass- 
ing every  inch  of  the  business  and  human  lite  of  Jerseyville, 
to  make  this  a  volume  absolutely  correct  and  complete  in  all 
its  statements. 

192391 


My  convictions  were  that  anything-  short  of  reliability 
and  completeness  would  be  an  imposition  upon  the  people. 

To  avoid  leaving-  an  imposition  upon  my  life-long-  friends 
and  acquaintances,  has  prompted  me  to  the  most  faithful 
and  rig-id  research  in  all  my  preparation  of  this  work 

By  the  earnest  request  of  some  of  the  older  citizens,  I 
have  added,  at  the  beginning1  of  my  work,  a"Thanksg-iving- 
Discourse"  by  Rev.  L.  P.  Grosvenor,  delivered  in  the  Pres- 
byterian Church,  of  which  he  was  then  pastor,  Nov.  28,  1853. 
Jerseyville  was  then  twenty  years  old,  as  you  will  all  see  by 
reading-  the  beginning-  of  this  book.  The  early  history  of 
Jerseyville,  covering-  the  first  twenty  years,  can  be  found  no- 
where else,  and  to  the  older  citizens,  especially,  it  will  be  very 
interesting-. 

Many  will  read  this  volume  and  refer  to  it  for  authority 
after  the  writer  has  passed  beyond.  Should  an  omission  or 
discrepency  of  statement  be  discovered,  I  ask  foronly  a  chari- 
table criticism,  assuring-  you  it  was  not  the  result  of  careless- 
ness, or  lack  of  labor.  I  have  spoken  of  you  all  kindly  and 
fairly,  and  I  know  I  shall  receive  the  same  from  you. 

The  work  is  done.  I  have  done  my  best  May  God  make 
this  volume  a  blessing-  to  all  who  read  it,  is  the  desire  of  the 
writer. 

MARSHALL  M.  COOPER. 


CONTENTS. 


Alumni  Association 146 

Analysis  of  Water 125 

Attorneys 93 

A.  F.  and  A.  M 142 

Architects 212 

Bakeries 209 

Banking   Business 188 

Barber  shops 208 

Baptist  Church 33 

Blacksmiths 204 

Bear  visit  to    Jersey  ville '22 

Boot  and  Shoe  store 192 

Book  and  News  stand 215 

Cabinet  Shop 215 

Cemeteries 18  and  224 

Church  of  the  Holy  Ghost. . .     34 
Church  of  St.  Francis  Xavier. .  36 

Church,  M.E 21 

Clergy  of  Jersey  ville 41 

Circuit  clerks 109 

City  Marshal 115 

City  Hall 130 

City  officers 116 

Cigar  Factory 208 

County  Coroners 112 

County  Surveyors. 112 

Court  House 105 

Coal  Trade 198 

Constables 115 

Clothing  Stores 185 

Colored  church 39 

Criminal   Record 127 

Dental  Surgery 91 

Deer  in  Jersey  ville ft 

Drug  Stores 200 

Dry  Goods  store 183 

Episcopal  church 37 

Elevators 191 

Electric  Light  Co 122 

Express  Companies 214 


I.  O.  O.  F 139 

Jersey  ville  Water  Works. . .    .124 

Jersey  Co.  Officials 107 

Jerseyville,  when  incorporated    8 

"        who  named  it 6 

"         Encampment 140 

Judges  of  Probate  Court 109 

Justices  of  the  Peace 114 

Knights  of  Honor 141 

Knights  of  Pythias 141 

Laundry 215 

Livery  &  Feed  Stable .197 

Lumber  yards. .    .    199 

Marble  Works 215 

Masons 213 

Meat  Markets 201 

Millinery 202 

Milling  Business.    18y 

Mothers  Society . .  147 

Monday  Musical  Club .147 

Mutual  Protective  League 145 

Mutual  Aid 141 

Municipal  Government 114 

M.  W.  A 143 

Old  Settlers  Society 225 

Opera  House 216 

Painters 213 

Pluming 216 

Poultry  Market 208 

Photography 206 

Physicans  and  Surgeons  past. .  77 
Physicans  and  Surgeons. . . 

present  .85 

Post  Office 223 

Public  Schools 60 

R.  R     Agts 214 

Royal  Neighbors 144 

School  Commissioners 110 

Secret  Societies 138 

Sheriffs  of  Jersey  Co 107 


Fruit  Stores 206 

Feed  Stores 208 

G.  A.  R 144 

German  Evangelical  Church. .  39 

Graduates 63 

Graduates  in  Stenography 75 

Graduates  in  Post  Works 76 

Grocery  Stores 186 

Harness  Shops 202 

Hardware  Stores 194 

Hospital  and  Sanitarium 131 

Hotels 203 

Insurance  Companies 210 

Implement  Establishments. .  ..195 


Sons  of  Temperance 138 

Soda  Factory 216 

State's  Attorneys , 111 

Stenographers 214 

Tailoring 197 

Telephone  Co 129 

Transfer  Co 216 

Undertaking 203 

Veterinary  Surgeons 210 

Water  Works 124 

Western  Catholic  Union 146 

Womaus  Relief  Corps 145 

Y.  M.  C.  A.  ..226 


JERSEYVILLLE,  ILL.,  Nov.  28,  1853. 
REV  .  L.  GROSVENOR,  Jerseyville,  111. 

DEAR  SIR: — In  common  with  the  numerous  assembly  of 
our  citizens,  who  heard  your  very  interesting-  and  instruc- 
tive discourse  on  the  history  of  Jerseyville,  delivered  in  the 
Presbyterian  church,  in  this  place,  on  the  24th  inst.,  we 
would  be  much  pleased  to  have  it  published  in  pamphletform. 
We,  therefore,  respectfully  request  a  copy  for  that  purpose. 
Very  Respectfully, 

Your  fellow  citizens, 

ALEX.  B.  MOREAN,  JOHN  N.  SQUIER, 

A.  C.  HINTON,  A.  W.  HOWE, 

C.  H.  KNAPP,  M.  E.  BAGLEY, 

J.  H.  MAUPIN,  CHAS.  S.  JACKSON, 

JAS.  C.  GRAHAM,  U.  D.  HOWELL, 

J.  H.  BUFFINGTON,  C.  H.  ROBERTS, 

N.  L.  ADAMS,  J.  E.  COOPER, 

S.  L.  McGiLL,  M.  CHENEY. 


fe\   1: 


A  THANKSGIVING  DISCOURSE 
Delivered   by  Rev.    L.    Grosvenor,   in  the  Presbyterian 
church,  November  24,  1853.      Published  by  request  of 
many  of  the  older  citizens. 

TEXT. 

"And  the  sons  of  the  prophets  said  unto  Elisha,  Behold 
now  the  place  where  we  dwell  with  thee  is  too  strait  for  us. 
Let  us  go,  we  pray  thee,  unto  Jordan,  and  take  thence  every 
man  a  beam,  and  let  us  make  a  place  there  where  we  may 
dwell.  And  he  answered,  Go  ye." — II.  Kings,  6th  chap.  1st 
&  2nd  verses. 

In  as  humble  circumstances  as  the  old  prophet  Elisha 
and  his  young  disciples,  were  the  early  settlers  of  on  r  village. 
When  they  left  their  far-off  homes,  and  their  gray-haired  sires 
and  the  fields  where  they  had  culled  the  first  flowers  of  life, 
it  was  in  the  spirit  of  these  children  of  the  prophet.  The 
places  where  they  dwelt  with  "the  old  folks  at  home,"  had  be- 
come too  strait  for  the  sustenance  of  all;  and  when  they  talk- 
ed of  swarming,  it  was  not  to  go  to  flourishing  cities,  to  build 
palaces  of  wealth,  glittering  with  gold.  They  bent  their 
course  toward  a  wild,  rolling  prairie,  lying  in  its  native  beauty 
just  as  God  had  made  it,  skirted  with  forests  of  oak  and  hick- 
ory, where  each  could  hew  his  own  beam  and  build  his  own 
log  cabin,  as  their  prototypes  did  near  the  river  Jordan. 

But  notwithstanding  their  humble  means  and  limited 
ambition,  they  must  have  been  men  of  good  taste,  and  a  quick 
eye  for  natural  beauty.  Among  many  pleasant  sites  for  a 
village  in  this  reigon,  they  sought  and  found  the  most  charm- 
ing. Among  many  high  and  luxuriant  swells  upon  the  prai- 
rie's breast,  they  sought  and  found,  the  highest,  the  most 
beautiful,  the  most  fertile. 

The  author  has  added  sentences  occasionally.  These  are  enclosed  in  paren- 
theses. 


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Let  us  record  their  names  and  deeds.  The  time  may  be 
when  the  record  shall  have  an  importance,  which,  owing  to  its 
newness,  it  may  not  possess  to-day. 

To  the  older  settlers,  most  ot  what  I  shall  say  will  be 
familiar;  but  they  will  be  glad,  I  trust,  to  have  their  minds 
stirred  up  by  way  of  remembrance,  and  the  younger  may 
deriye  benefit  from  hearing  about  the  fathers  of  Jerseyville. 

The  present  town  of  Jerseyville  stands  mostly  on  Sec- 
tion 21,  Township  8,  North  Range  11,  West  of  the  third  prin- 
cipal meridian.  The  first  entry  was  made  by  Joseph  M. 
Fairfield,  Oct.  20,  1823.  He  entered  the  West  half  of  the  N. 
W.  qurter,  Section  21,  the  south  line  of  which  is  on  Hickory 
Street,  i.  e.,  the  street  bounding  E.  A.  D'Arcy's  lots  and  un- 
finished edifice  on  the  south,  and  the  East  line  bounds  the 
grave-yard  on  the  East.  Five  years  afterwards,  Aug.  21, 
1828,  Lindsay  H.  English,  a  native  of  Kentucky,  now  resi- 
ding in  Greene  County,  111.  entered  the  West  half  of  the  S.W. 
quarter, — the  east  line  of  which  was  partly  on  Main  or  State 
Street,  extending  South  as  far  as  the  dwelling  of  Dr.  Charles 
Knapp;  (Widow  Knapp  lives)  West  as  far  as  Mullholland's: 
(A.  W.  Cross  lives.)  North  as  far  as  Hickory  Street  before 
mentioned.  On  the  21st  of  September  1832,  John  Anderson, 
of  Tennessee,  entered  the  S.  E.  quarter  of  the  S.  W.  quarter, 
and  on  the  10th  of  April  1833,  Dr.  A.  H.  Burritt  entered  the 
N.  E.  quarter  of  the  S.  W.  quarter.  In  1833,  N.  L.  Adams, 
of  Vermont,  entered  the  N.  W.  quarter  of  the  N.  E.  quarter 
of  section  28. 

James  Faulkner,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  was  the  first 
actual  settler.  He  lived,  in  1827,  in  a  log  cabin.  This  cabin 
was  built  by  one  Ballard,  a  squatter,  who  lived  there  for  some 
time  previous  to  1827.  His  cabin  was  bought  by  Faulkner, 
which  stood  in  the  extreme  North  part  of  town,  not  far  from 
the  road  leading  to  Kane,  just  beyond  the  house  of  Abijah 
Davis;  but  he  erected  in  the  same  y^ar,  part  of  the  building 
known  as  the  old  Red  House,  at  present  owned  by  E.  A. 
D'Arcy  (now  the  P.  D.  Cheney  home.)  That  house  is  the 


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first  frame  house  ever  built  on  land  now  occupied  by  the  town 
of  Jersey ville.  For  several  years  it  was  a  tavern  by  necessi- 
ty, and  under  its  hospitable  roof  some  of  my  present  audi- 
ence have  found  the  only  shelter  that  was  offered  in  the  t^/wn 
that  now  contains  two  hurdred  houses;  for  besides  this,  there 
was,  till  1833,  only  a  small  log-  cabin,  built  by  John  Ellis  in 
1830,  on  the  corner  of  what  are  now  known  as  Main  and  Mul- 
berry streets.  This  floorless  hut  was  about  12  by  15  feet 
measurement,  and  was  used  sometimes  for  a  dwelling-,  and  at 
other  times  tor  a  corn  crib.  In  1833,  John  Anderson  erected 
a  building  on  the  spot  now  occupied  by  the  Croton  House,  at 
the  corner  of  Main  and  Pearl  streets.  (Now  Will  Hanley's 
meat  market.)  This  house  was  afterwards  moved  to  Spruce 
street,  two  blocks  East,  and  is  the  same  now  owned  by  Chas. 
S.  Jackson.  In  the  same  year,  Dr.  A.  H.  Burritt  built  a  log 
house  on  what  is  now  Exchange  street;  the  same  house  con- 
stitutes part  of  the  dwelling  now  owned  and  occupied  by  E. 
S.  Wells. 

The  inhabitants,  at  this  time,  were  N.  L.  Adams,  who, 
in  1833,  built  and  lived  in  a  log  house  on  the  spot  where  he 
now  lives  in  the  extreme  South  part  of  the  town;  Alfred  Car- 
penter, who  lived  in  the  Red  House;  Murray  Cheney,  and 
John  Anderson.  Adams,  Carpenter,  and  Anderson  had  fam- 
ilies. Cheney  was  unmarried.  These  were  all  the  residents 
here  in  1833. 

(Mrs.  Griggsby  came  to  Jerseyville  in  the  winter  of  1836, 
traveling  all  the  way  from  North  Carolina  in  a  one  horse  cart, 
with  six  little  children,  her  husband  being  dead.  On  the  20th 
of  February,  1836,  shortly  after  arriving  here,  she  gave  birth 
to  a  son  in  a  log  cabin,  the  home  of  N.  L.Adams,  which  stood 
where  now  stands  the  C.  P.  &  St.  L.  Depot.  Mrs.  Maria 
Ford,  nee  Adams,  now  living  among  us,  says  she  dressed 
the  child  and  took  care  of  the  child's  mother  in  her  fath- 
er's house.  That  settles  it.  That  son  she  named  Hen- 
ry A.,  and  was  the  first  child  born  in  Jerseyville,  viz.,  Febru- 
ary 20th,  1836.  This  man  now  lives  in  Lincoln  Co.,  Mo.,  his 


— 4— 

post  office  being-  Moscow  Mills.  He  was  65  years  old  20th  of 
last  February.  A  daughter,  older,  that  came  from  North 
Carolina  with  her,  is  also  living  in  Moscow  Mills,  Mo.  She 
is  about  70  years  old.  For  some  reason  Mrs.  Grig-gsby  lived 
with  her  little  children  in  the  nig-ht,  in  the  old  school  house, 
but  during-  the  day  had  to  vacate,  to  give  room  for  the  school, 
then  in  session,  while  she  lived  among  the  people  of  the  town, 
returning  to  the  school  house  for  the  nig-ht.  She  afterwards 
lived  in  a  log-  cabin  which  stood  on  East  Pearl  street  between 
where  Robert  Whitehead  and  Georg-e  Van  Horne  now  live.) 

In  1834,  Messrs.  Lott  &  Daley  built  part  of  the  store  now 
occupied  by  the  Messrs.  Knapp,  (now  stands  National  Bank,) 
and  there  established  the  first  trading-  house  ever  known 
here.  They  built,  also,  in  the  same  year,  the  house  on  Main 
street,  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Dr.  Hutchinson.  In  that 
year,  also,  they  built  the  backpart  of  the  house  now  occupied 
by  Mrs.  Kimball,  on  Main  street,  in  which  R.  Graham  kept  a 
store  in  1834,  and,  in  1835,  Samuel  L.  McGill  added  the  front 
now  used  as  a  family  grocery. 

In  1834,  Messrs.  Lott  &  Daley  boug-ht  the  West  half  of 
the  S.  W.  quarter,  which  English  had  sold  Evans,  who  had  a 
mortgage  on  the  property.  They  also  entered  the  quarter 
section  West  of  the  "Red  House  Tract,"  now  owned  by  Abi- 
jah  Davis.  Moreover,  they  purchased  of  John  Anderson  the 
S.  E.  quartes  of  the  S.  W.  quarter,  and  of  Carpenter,  they 
bought  the  West  half  of  the  N.  W.  quarter;  so  that  Messrs. 
Lott  &  Daley,  were,  n  1834,  proprietors  of  almost  all  the 
land  included  in  the  villag-e  of  Jerseyville. 

In  1833,  twenty  years  ago,  all  the  houses  between  the 
town  of  Kane  and  Alton  mig-ht  be  easily  enumerated.  The 
house  were  Mervine  now  lives,  three-fourths  of  a  mile  north- 
west of  the  villag-e  of  Kane,  was  then  standing-,  and  was  the 
postoffice  nearest  to  this  place.  Thither  the  early  settlers 
in  the  township,  for  some  years  repaired  to  get  news  from 
the  loved  ones  left  behind.  In  1833,  the  store  now  occupied 
by  Z.  H.  Adams,  of  Kane,  was  erected,  and  the  next  house 


o 

on  the  road  was  the  old  Red  House  before  mentioned.  Pass- 
ing the  few  buildings  on  this  spot,  already  enumerated,  the 
next  house  was  on  the  spot  then  and  now  occupied  by  Thos. 
Cummings,  who  is  believed  to  be  the  only  resident  in  this  re- 
gion, over  45  years  of  age,  who  is  a  native  of  Illinois,  His 
age  is  abont  55.  There  was  not  a  house  on  the  present  site 
of  the  town  of  Delhi.  The  next  house  was  Nelson  Lurton's. 
The  next,  a  mile  south  of  Delhi,  occupied  by  John  Wilkins. 
There  was  a  cabin  near  the  Piasa  crossing,  since  demolished. 
The  next  was  a  cabin  on  the  place  now  occupied  by  Thomas 
Marshall.  The  next  was  a  cabin  on  the  place  lately  occu- 
pied by  "Old  Job,"  whose  cordial  invitation  to  "stop  and  see" 
him,  no  longer  greets  the  eye  of  the  weary  traveler.  The 
next  was  the  house  of  Debond;  still  standing  beyond  the 
Piasa.  Below  there,  where  lately  stood  a  large,  rickety, 
ghostly  two-story  building,  burned  down  last  winter,  the 
road  turned  to  the  left,  leaving  the  present  Monticello  half  a 
mile  to  the  right,  and  going  through  Scarritt's  prairie;  but 
there  was  no  Monticello  then;  that  beautiful  village,  with  its 
justly  celebrated  Female  Seminary,  was  then  unborn;  and 
from  Scarritt's  prairie  there  was  not  a  single1  house  till  you 
reached.  Alton>  then  a  village,  at  the  higest  computation,  of 
some  twenty  buildings  in  all.*  Till  1834,  the  place  called 
Jerseyville  had  been  known  as  Hickory  Grove,  from  time 
immemorial.  This  name  was  derived  from  the  fact  that 
the  piece  of  oak  forest  intersprinkled  with  'semi-occa- 
sional' hickory  tree,  still  standing  in  part  on  the  land  of  Da- 
vis, Morean,  Corbett  and  Burke,  was  then  the  only  growth 
of  trees  on  the  ground  belonging  to  Jerseyville.  In  1834,  for 
the  purpose  of  establishing  a  Post  Office  here,  the  principal 
inhabitants  of  Jerseyville  and  vicinity  met  at  the  Red  House, 

*  Kev,  Thomas  Lippincott,  now  of  Uhandlerville.  111.,  informed  the  writer  that 
when  he  was  riding  from  Jacksonville  to  Alton,  twenty-five  years  ago.  in  company 
with  Rev.  Edward  Beecher.  now  of  Boston,  the  question  arose  as  they  passed 
through  the  prairie  around  Jerseyville.  whether  this  region  of  country  would  ev- 
er be  aJsI-takerr  up  and  settled.^  Being  hopeful  men  -  they  concluded  it  would  be 
done  some  time  or  other  but  not  in  their  day  or  generation. 


— 6— 

to  give  the  new  town  a  new  name.  Those  who  attended  that 
meeting-  were,  G.  Patterson,  Geo.  Richards,  J.  E.  Cooper,  G. 
W.  Lowder,  J.  Allen,  R.  B.  Robbins,  Isaac  Darneil,  E.  A. 
D'Arcy,  Alfred  Carpenter,  John  Ellis,  J.  W.  Lott,  E.M.Daley, 
Murray  Cheney,  N.  L.  Adams,  A.  H.  B  urritt,  N.  Miner, 
Franklin  Potts,  and  J.  A.  Potts,  (all  now  dead.)  Dr.  E.  A. 
D'Arcy  was  chairman  of  the  meeting1.  Several  names  were 
proposed  for  the  new  town.  Major  Patterson  proposed  that 
it  be  called  Livingston.  Carpenter,  an  old  soldier,  wished  it 
to  be  called  Liberty.  Richards,  a  New  Hampshire  man,  wish- 
ed to  immortalize  the  memory  of  that  decaying-  state;  by 
christening  this  promising-  town  with  the  insig-nificant  name 
New  Hampshire.  Cheney  proposed  that  the  proprietors  of 
the  town  should  give  it  whatever  name  they  pleased  This 
proposition  seeming-  to  meet  the  views  of  the  majority  of  the 
meeting-,  Dr.  Lott,  a  native  of  New  Jersey,  was  called  on  for 
a  name.  He  arose  and  thanked  the  people,  and  with  a  char- 
acteristic expletive,  and  in  the  genuine  Jersey  dialect,  cried 
ont,  "I'd  like  to  have  it  called  Jersey wille."  The  doctor, 
sharing-  the  common  fate  of  humanity,  did  not  obtain  the  full 
accomplishment  of  his  wishes,  for  the  meeting  voted  to  call 
the  place  Jerseyville,  not  Jerseywille,  and  then  agreed  on  E. 
M.  Daley  for  Postmaster,  subject  to  the  will  of  the  higher 
powers.  After  this  important  matter  was  accomplished,  the 
meeting  adjourned,  according  to  the  Illinois  liquor  law  of 
those  times,  to  drink  the  health  of  the  new  town  in  flowing 
bowls  of  tanzy  bitters.  The  people  obtained  their  desire 
with  regard  to  the  Post  Office  and  Postmaster;  E.  M.  Daley 
being  appointed  the  first  Postmaster  of  Jerseyville. 

In  1834,  part  of  the  town  was  laid  off  in  Blocks  and  lots, 
by  Lott  &  Daley,  and  some  bargains  were  made  at  private 
sale.  The  two  lots  situated  at  the  corner  of  Main  and  Pearl 
streets,  now  occupied  by  J.  C.  Darby  &  Co.,  Morean,  Hinton, 
ect.,  which,  with  the  buildings,  are  now  owned  by  Wm.Yates, 
were  sold  in  1834  to  Richard  Graham  for  twenty  dollars  each. 
They  are  worth  now,  without  the  buildings,  five  hundred  dol- 


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lars  each.  The  second  store  in  the  place  was  erected  here 
bv  Richard  Graham,  in  1834.  ( 

The  first  public  sale  of  lots  took  place  in  1835.  The 
prices  of  the  most  eligible,  measuring-  50  feet  by  110,  were 
from  $20  to  $40. 

Several  additions  to  the  original  plot  of  Jerseyville  have 
since  been  made.  In  1839,  G.  W.  Burke  laid  off  an  addition 
of  nearly  forty  acres  East  of  Lott  &  Daley's  plot.  In  1844, 
Shephard, 'administrator  of  Johnson's  estate,  made  an  addi- 
tion South  of  Burke's,  called  Johnson's  addition.  In  1852, 
James  C.  Perry  made  an  addition,  in  the  Western  part  of 
the  town.  In  1853,  N.  L.  Adams  made  an  addition  of  eight 
acres  East  of  Burke's. 

The  name  given  to  the  town  was  a  fortunate  one  for  the 
prospects  of  the  place.  It  must,  in  fact,  be  considered  as 
one  of  the  most  important  causes  of  the  prosperity  of  the 
town  and  country.  It  has  been  a  means  of  settling  the  vil- 
lage and  the  fine  country  around  it,  with  a  population,  the 
majority  of  whom  are  from  New  Jersey;  a  people  well  known 
for  their  industry  and  thrift,  and,  generaly,  for  their  sober 
and  orderly  character.  From  that  time  to  the  present,  the 
waves  of  migration  from  New  Jersey  have  continued  to  roll 
hitherward.  when  the  places  of  the  sons  of  the  prophets  in 
the  ancient  Jerseys  become  too  strait,  or  the  sand  banks  too 
deep  and  barren,  for  the  support  of  the  new  and  increasing 
families  of  the  State,  they  at  once  get  a  map  of  Illinois,  and 
sit  down  to  study  the  topography  of  the  country,  and  to  de- 
cide upon  the  very  spot  of  these  wide  prairies,  whither  they 
will  urge  their  steps.  The  name  of  Jerseyville,  Jersey  Coun- 
ty, smacks  greatly  of  the  old  homestead  and  fireside.  They 
judge,  and  judge  rightly,  that  they  will  find  a  society  similar 
to  that  they  are  leaving.  They  hope  to  find  all  the  advantages 
they  left,  and  none  of  the  disadvantages.  They  believe  they 
are  coming  to  a  NKW  Jersey  indeed;  only  that  the  soil  is  a 
black  and  rich  vegetable  deposit,  instead  of  a  yellow,  bottom- 
less sand  drift,  from  which  it  has  hitherto  astonished  them 


to  be  able  to  raise  anything-  but  watermelons,  even  by  the 
most  sedulqus  coaxing-.  Therefore,  from  1834  to  nearly  the 
present  time,  Old  Jersey  has  emptied  itself  with  a  steady  and 
increasing;  current,  into  the  New  Jersey  of  Illinois.  When 
persecuted  in  one  Jersey,  the  inhabitants  flee  into  another, 
shaking-  the  sand  out  of  the  heels  of  their  boots,  as  a  testi- 
mony against  it.  This  immigration  has  caused  here  a  con- 
tinual demand  for  land,  and  of  course  kept  up  a  continual 
rise  in  the  price  of  lands — so  that,  until  quite  recently,  our 
lands  have  brought  comparatively  enormous  rates.  But  rail- 
roads and  plankroads  have  lately  brought  so  much  other  land 
into  competition  with  ours,  that  we,  being*  yet  without  rail  or 
plank,  have  been  crowded  into  a  corner,  where  we  are  likely 
to  remain  sometime.  The  Jersey  and  other  people  who  come 
to  Jersey  County  now,  generally  make  but  short  halt.  Ma- 
coupin,  Sang-amon  and  other  lands  invite  them,  and  our  coun- 
try is  too  strait  and  too  far  from  market,  even  for  some  of 
those  who  have  dwelt  here  many  years;  so  that,  young-  as  we 
are,  \ve  have  already  sent  out  new  colonies,  to  the  East, 
North  and  South. 

The  town  of  Jerseyville  was  incorporated  in  July,  1837. 
The  first  Trustees  of  the  Corporation  were  J.  W  Lott,  G.  H. 
Collins,  Samuel  L.  McGill,  Richard  Graham  and  E.  M.  Dal- 
ey. In  1839,  it  was  made  a  county  seat,  and  the  new  County 
of  Jersey  wassetoff  from  Greene,  to  which  it  formerly  belong-- 
ed.  This  was  done  ag-ainst  a  strong-  opposition  from  interes- 
ted persons.  In  1840,  the  Court  House  was  erected,  at  a  cost 
of  $6000;  raised  mostly  by  subscription.  It  was  built  on  the 
block  given  by  Lott  &  Daley  to  the  town  for  a  Public  Square, 
and  the  Trustees  of  the  town  now  deeded  it  to  the  County, 
for  the  public  building's. 

I  now  proceed  to  g-ive  some  account  of  the  Literary,  Re- 
ligious and  Benevolent  Institutions  of  Jerseyville. 

1st.     THE   LITERARY    INSTITUTIONS. 

It  is  unfortunate  for  Jerseyville,  as  it  has  been  for  most 
Western  towns,  that  the  early  and  subsequent  settlers  have 


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had  no  very  absorbing*  interest  in  the  subject  of  education. 
Being"  men  of  limited  pecuniary  ability,  they  have  been  gen- 
erally tempted  to  think  more  of  the  material  than  the  intellect- 
ual interests  of  themselves  and  their  children.  The  establish- 
ment and  sustaining-  of  schools  has  been  rather  an  "uphill 
business,"  ever  since  Irving'  Little,  in  the  winter  of  1833—4, 
started  the  first  little  school  in  the  Old  Red  House.  Mr.  Lit- 
tle seems  to  have  found  the  business  rather  an  unprofitable 
one,  for  he  speedily  exchanged  the  birch  for  the  hoe,  which 
he  continues  to  wield  at  this  day,  in  the  eastern  part  of  the 
county,  with  considerable  profit  to  himself  and  the  "rising 
generation"  around  him. 

The  venerable  John  Adams,  of  Jacksonville,  a  man  who 
has  probably  instructed  more  boys  than  any  man  in  America,* 
having1  been  long-  a  noted  preceptor  in  several  of  the  best  ac 
ademies  in  New  England,  taught  school  for  some  time  in  this 
village,  in  1836.  He  was  the  first  who  taught  school  in  the 
old  school  house,  which  in  1836,  was  built  on  land  devoted  for 
school  purposes  by  A.  H.  Burritt.  This  house,  measuring 
20  feet  by  24,  still  stands,  though  threatened  with  speedy 
extermination  by  the  finger  of  time  and  the  march  of  improve- 
ment. It  was  not  built  like  the  pvramids,  for  the  admiration 
of  future  ages.  In  this  weather-beaten  edifice,  the  gospel 
was  preached  for  several  years,  by  ministers  of  various  de- 
nominations, before  the  erection  of  any  church  edifice,  and 
until  this  year,  1853,  it  has  been  the  only  public  school-house. 
(Mrs.  Virginia  Harbert  says  it  was  a  very  common  thing  to 
meet  the  wild  deer  going  to  school  from  the  old  Red  House,  to 
the  old  school  house,  which  stood  in  Cap.  John  Smith's  yard.) 
But  a  good  brick  school  house,  erected  by  a  tax,  has  been 
completed,  measuring  24x36  feet,  and  is  occupied  by  Mr. 
Corbett,  wLo  has  taught  in  this  village  for  many  years.  This 
is  all  that  can  be  said  about  our  public  schools  and  school 
houses.  Our  best  schools,  hitherto,  have  been  those  which 

*  The  father  of  the  present  writer  went  to  school  to  him  more  than  fifty  years 
ago. 


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have  been  established  and   their  whole  expenses  borne   by 
the  teachers  themselves. 

In  1849,  Miss  Mary  Farley  erected  at  her  own  cost,  a 
larg-e  two  story  frame  building-  for  school  purposes,  and  ex- 
cellent private  schools  for  young- ladies  and  for  small  children 
have  since  been  steadily  kept  there.  The  lower  story  of 
Temperance  Hall  was  designed  for  a  private  school  room,  and 
has  been  used  as  such,  nearly  ever  since  it  was  completed. 
A  Library  Association  was  established  in  1850,  and  the  libra- 
ry contains  now  about  three  hundred  volumes  and  periodi- 
cals, which  are  constantly  though  too  slowly  increasing.  It 
is  hoped  that  this  institution  will  be  cherished  by  all  the  pres- 
ent and  future  inhabitants,  as  one  calculated  more  than  any 
other  to  stimulate  a  desire  for  solid  information,  and  to  give 
to  our  ing-enious  and  ambitious  youth  the  opportunity  to  lay 
a  broad  foundation  for  future  usefulness  and  .fame.  Many  a 
statesman,  crowned  with  the  laurels  of  the  senate;  many  a 
hero  known inhis  country's  history;  has  referred  to  the  villag-e 
library  of  his  native  town,  as  giving  him  the  first  ambition  to 
tread  the  world's  arena,  and  soil  his  sandals  with  the  Olym- 
pic dust. 

A  Lyceum  was  commenced  in  1839,  and  has  been  sus- 
tained during  nearly  every  winter  since  that  time.  Here,  in 
debate  and  lecture,  the  young  and  aspiring-  may  find  a  fair 
and  encouraging  field  to  exhibt  to  themselves  and  others,  the 
earliest  signs  of  promise,  and  to  win  some  bubbles  of  renown 
from  no  unwilling-  or  envious  auditors.  Let  this  institution 
too  be  cherished,  and  better  patronized  than  it  has  been,  by 
the  middle-aged  and  the  old.  Let  parents  be  more  anxious 
that  their  children  should  attend  these  debates  and  lectures, 
which  cost  nothing  and  are  worth  something-,  than  that  they 
should  follow  the  strolling  vagabonds  of  every  description 
who  honor  us  so  often  with  their  visits,  which  cost  something 
and  are  worth  nothing. 

A  brass  Band,    which  deserves  honorable  mention  among 
our  literary  institutions,  was   organized  early  in  1852,  by  nu- 


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merous  amateur  musicians  of  this  place,  and  has  since  dis- 
coursed elegant  and  gratuitous  music  wherever  their  services 
are  demanded.  Their  instruments  were  mostly  furnished 
them  by  the  voluntary  contributions  of  our  citizens. 

A  Phrenological    Society  was  organized  this   year,  1853. 

An  important  Literary  Institution  is  the  "Prairie  State," 
a  weekly  newspaper  established  in  1849,  bv  John  C.  Conklin, 
continued  awhile  after  he  left  by  A.  C.  Hinton,  Esq.,  and 
now  edited  and  published  by  Augustus  Smith.  Several 
other  eflorts  had  been  made  to  establish  newspapees  here 
previous  to  this,  but  the  papers  all  failed  after  a  short-lived 
existence.  This  paper  is  well  sustained,  and  bids  fair  to 
survive  for  some  generations  to  come. 

There  might  be  a  Reading  Room  in  Jersey ville,  but 
there  is  none.  There  might  be  an  academy  established  on  a 
firm  basis,  with  funds  sufficient  for  the  salary  ot  teachers  of 
the  first  order;  sufficient,  also,  to  furnish  a  good  library, 
good  philosophical  and  chemical  apparatus,  and  a  good  min- 
eralogical  and  geological  cabinet;  a  school  where  the  sons 
and  daughters  of  Jerseyville  might  be  sure  of  having  a  gen- 
erous education  without  leaving  home.  But  is  the  historian 
of  Jerseyville  yet  born,  who  shall  be  able  to  say  it  was  found- 
ed in  his  day.  (Were  Mr.  Grosvenor  living  today,  it  might 
be  said  to  him,  yes,  there  was  a  boy  then  sitting  before*you, 
14  years  old,  who  is  now  the  historian,  recording  the  fact 
that  Jerseyville  has  a  library  containing  3,623  volumes,  and 
on  an  average  of  2,000  visitors  monthly,  besides,  with  a  well 
equipped  high  school,  both  with  teachers  and  apparatus, 
"where  the  sonsoiid  daughters  of  Jerseyville  may  be  sure  of 
having  a  generous  education  without  leaving  home.")  If  we 
had,  in  Illinois,  or  in  the  town  of  Jerseyville,  an  efficient  and 
comprehensive  system  of  public  schools,  such  as  they  have 
in  Massachusetts,  New  York,  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio,  and 
even  in  some  particular  towns  of  our  own  State,  we  could 
very  well  do  without  a  Seminary,  established  by  private 
funds.  But  is  there  a  prospect  that  the  general  apathy  with 


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regard  to  public  schools  will  give  place  to  a  zeal  in  their  be- 
half, which  will  produce  a  system  that  will  g-ive  to  the  child- 
ren of  Jersey  ville  any  thing  like  a  thorough  education?  Yet, 
he  would  infer  from  our  indifference  to  the  establishment  of 
good  schools,  that  our  adult  population  are  wanting  in  gener- 
al intelligence,  would  fall  wide  of  the  truth.  The  general 
intelligence  of  the  people  is  sufficiently  manifest  from  the 
abundance  of  papers  and  other  periodicals,  which  are  regu- 
larly received  at  this  postoffice.  More  than  a  thousand  cop- 
ies of  various  newspapers  and  magazines  are  regularly  re- 
ceived and  distributed  here,  besides  our  own  village  journal. 
Of  the  newspapers,  there  are  some  dailies,  more  tri-week- 
lies,  and  still  more  weeklies.  *  Besides  this  evidence  of  in- 
telligence, it  must  be  added,  that  during  the  past  year  con- 
siderable feeling  upon  the  subject  of  education  has  been  ex- 
cited in  Jerseyville,  and  a  Convention  is  about  to  be  held  in 
this  place,  to  consult  concerning  the  best  means  of  improv- 
ing the  common  schools  of  Illinois.  At  this  meeting,  the 
presence  and  counsel  of  eminent  speakers  is  expected,  and 
it  is  confidently  hoped  that  the  influence  of  that  Convention 
will  be  felt,  not  merely  in  this  town  and  county,  but  Ihrough- 
out  the  State,  and  more  particularly  in  the  capital  of  the 
State,  when  the  next  Legislature  shall  be  in  session. 

2d.        THE    RKLIGIOUS    INSTITUTIONS. 

It  is  believed  that  the  Rev.  Thomas  Lippincott,  still  liv- 
ing in  a  green  old  age,  is  the  first  minister  of  any  denomin- 
ation who  ever  preached  the  gospel  within  the  bounds  ot 
this  village.  He,  with  Rev.  Mr.  Breed,  Rev.  Elisha  Jenney, 
now  of  Waverly,  and  Rev.  Dr.  Blackburn,  whose  precious 
memory  is  embalmed  in  all  the  churches  of  this  region  of 

*  The  principal  and  favorite  ones  are  the  following:  Of  the  Alton  Telegraph, 
there  are  received  100  copies;  Alton  Courier,  80:  Saturday  Evening  Post.  66; 
Pennsylvanian.  63.  St.  Louis  Intelligencer,  46;  National  Era.  35.  Of  monthly  Ma- 
gazines, the  following  arethe  chief,  viz:  Harpers',  30  copies;  Prairie  Farmer,  30; 
Western  Magazine.  20;  Farm  and  Garden.  17;  Knickerbocker,  10;  Scientific  Amer- 
ican. 10. 


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country,  had  several  times,  from  1833  to  1835,  preached  here 
in  various  private  houses. 

On  the  15th  of  February,  1834,  by  appointment  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Illinois,  Rev.  Thomas  Lippincott  and  Rev. 
Elisha  Jenney  "attended  in  the  south  part  of  Greene  county, 
near  Hickory  Grove,"  in  the  house  of  N.  L.  Adams,  to  organ- 
ize the  Presbyterian  Church;  which  was  the  first  church  or- 
ganized in  this  place.  After  sermon,  by  Mr.  Lippincott,  18 
persons  were  formed  into  a  church,  who  elected  three  elders, 
who  were  ordained  the  next  day.  The  records  of  the  church 
do  not  give  the  names  of  these  elders,  but  they  were,  A.  H. 
Burritt,  James  Lumsden  and  M.  N.  Bosworth.  It  is  believ- 
ed that  all  these  are  still  living,  b*ut  only  one  of  them,  (Lums- 
den,) continues  connected  with  this  church.  The  church 
was  called,  at  that  time,  The  South  Greene  Church,  which 
name  was  changed  March  3rd,  1839,  by  vote  of  church  and 
presbytery,  to  that  of  the  "Presbyterian  Church  in  Jersey- 
ville."  For  a  considerable  time  Mr.  Lippincott  preached 
here  statedly.  Rev.  Amos  P.  Brown  officiated  as  stated 
preacher  from  October,  1835,  to  February,  1837,  and  from 
August,  1837,  to  August,  1838.  From  September,  1839,  to 
September,  1840,  Rev.  Joseph  Fowler  was  the  stated  preach- 
er. In  September,  1839,  an  interesting  protracted  meeting 
was  held,  when  Mr.  Fowler  was  assisted  by  Rev.  L.  Lyons 
of  New  York  State,  and  Rev.  Hugh  Barr  of  Carrollton.  Mr. 
Lyons  was  invited  to  become  the  stated  preacher,  and  com- 
menced his  labors  in  November,  1840.  In  March,  1841,  a 
protracted  njeeting  was  held,  which  is  said  to  have  been  very 
profitable  to  the  spiritual  interests  of  the  church.  The  in- 
stallation of  Rev.  L.  Lyons,  as  pastor  of  this  church,  took 
place  December  26th,  1843,  by  the  Alton  Presbytery,  after 
he  had  been  preaching  here  for  three  years.  Rev.  A.  T. 
Norton  preached  the  sermod  on  the  occasion. 

Till  1841,  the  Presbyterian  Church  had  worshiped 
mostly  in  the  school  house,  but  on  the  14th  of  October.  1841, 
this  meeting  house,  which  had  been  building  several  years, 


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was  dedicated  to  the  worship  of  God.  It  was  built  on  land 
given  to  the  Church  by  Johnson  &  Daley  in  1838 — its  original 
dimensions  being-  40  by  48  feet,  and  its  cost  about  $2,000. 
The  sermon  at  the  dedication  was  preached  by  Rev.  Theron 
Baldwin. 

In  the  month  of  January,  1842,  a  very  interesting  pro- 
tracted meeting  was  held  by  Rev.  James  Gallaher,  who 
spent  two  weeks  here,  preaching  daily.  February  1,  1842, 
an  addition  of  more  than  fifty  was  made  to  the  church.  In 
September,  1839,  there  were  but  fifty-four  members.  On 
the  list  for  1842,  more  than  two  hundred  names  are  found, 
being  an  increase  of  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  in  three 
years. 

Rev.  Mr.  Lyons,  after  having  labored  here  for  four 
years,  died  January  11;  1845,  greatly  lamented  by  the  lai'ge 
church,  which,  in  his  time,  from  a  "little  one,  had  become  a 
thousand."  He  was  buried  in  the  rear  of  the  church,  and  a 
monument  erected  over  his  remains  by  the  contributions  of 
the  members. 

After  his  death  the  Church  was  without  regular  preach- 
ing for  more  than  a  year,  viz:  until  March,  1846,  at  which 
time  Rev.  G.  C.  Wood  commenced  his  ministerial  labors 
During  his  administration  of  four  years,  eighty-six  mem- 
bers were  added  to  the  Church,  fifty-four  of  them  on  profes- 
sion. In  the  spring  of  1850,  Mr.  Wood  resigned  his  charge 
and  is  now  laboring  in  Greenville,  Illinois. 

In  October,  1850,  the  present  speaker  commenced  his 
ministerial  services  in  Jerseyville,  since  which  ti§ie  37  mem- 
bers have  been  added  to  the  church,  17  on  profession,  and 
20  by  letter.  The  whole  number  now  in  connction  with  this 
Church,  and  in  good  standing,  is  two  hundred  and  seventeen; 
so  that  the  Church  is  but  little  larger  than  it  was  eleven  years 
ago.  Nevertheless,  it  would  be  unfair  to  infer  that  the  Church 
has  "stood  still"  so  long.  Increase  in  mere  numbers  is  not  the 
best  criterion  of  the  prosperity  of  a  Church.  A  Church  may 
even  be  diminishing  in  numbers,  and  yet  gaining  in  actual 


SHRPHARD    BLOCK. 


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strength  and  influence.  That  the  general  intelligence  of  this 
Church,  and  its  wealth,  and  its  contributions  to  the  various 
objects  of  religious  benevolence,  have  vastly  increased  with- 
in a  few  years,  is  very  certain,  though  there  is  ability,  and 
great  occasion  to  do  still  more.  Their  contributions  last 
year  to  the  cause  of  missions  and  other  similar  enterprises, 
were  about  $300. 

In  1846,  they  purchased  a  house  in  the  east  part  of  the 
town  for  a  parsonage.  In  1852  they  sold  that  property  for 
$650,  and  purchased  of  William  B.  Nevius,  for  $800,  the  con- 
venient property  now  occupied  as  the  parsonage,  corner  of 
Main  and  Carpenter  streets.  In  1851  they  added  to  the  front 
of  the  church  building  14x40  feet,  surmounted  by  a  neat  bel- 
fry, adding  a  gallery  and  sixteen  pews  on  the  lower  floor,  at  a 
cost  of  $825.  In  1852,  they  added  Venetian  blinds,  at  a  cost 
of  $105.  In  1853  tLey  purchased  a  bell,  weighing  883  pounds, 
at  cost  of  $363,  and  for  chandelier  and  other  conveniences, 
they  have  expended  $85,  more,  making  an  expenditure  of 
over  $1,600  for  Church  purposes,  in  the  three  years,  during 
which  the  present  minister  has  resided  here,  and  for  which 
expenditures  they  are  still  in  debt  to  the  amount  of  $250, 
which  they  expect  shortly  to  liquidate,  by  means  of  a  leg- 
acv  due  the  Church  from  the  estate  of  the  late  Dr. 

Todd. 

While  giving  to  this  Church  the  credit  of  expeditures,  I 
by  no  means  desire  to  ignore  the  liberality  of  other  Churches, 
members  of  no  Churches,  who,  to  a  considerable  extent,  have 
aided  many  of  these  improvements.  It  is  indeed,  an  evidence 
of  the  mutual  kindliness  of  members  of  the  various  Churches 
and  congregations  of  Jersey  ville  toward  each  other,  that  they 
have  ever  been  ready  to  assist  each  other  in  all  usefull  under- 
takings, for  the  advancement  of  the  material  and  spiritual  in- 
terests of  Jersey  ville.  The  voice  of  party  and  denomination- 
al strife  is  always  hushed  when  there  is  a  demand  for  pecu- 
niary aid.  In  one  respect,  it  must  be  owned,  this  church  has 
taken  a  step  backward  since  its  organization.  It  was  organ- 


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ized  on  total  abstinence  principles.  But,  for  some  cause,  the 
restriction  with  regard  to  the  use  of  intoxicating"  liquors  was 
taken  off,  aud  the  church  has  since  suffered  considerably,  in 
consequence  of  that  unfortunate  act. 

This  is  at  present  the  only  Presbyterian  church  in  the 
county,  and  I  have  been,  until  now,  the  only  Presbyterian 
preacher,  but  Rev.  Socrates  Smith  has  just  been  employed 
to  intinerate  over  the  county,  and  preach  in  various  places 
where  preaching-  is  needed,  and  it  is  confidently  hoped,  that 
through  his  instrumentality,  other  churches  will  spring  up, 
some  colonizing  from  this  church,  and  others  joining,  who 
have  as  yet  formed  no  connection  with  any  other  church. 

The  Methodist  Episcopal  church  was  organized  in  July, 
1839,  under  the  administration  of  Rev.  M.  Robbins,  with 
seven  members.  The  ministers  who  have  succeeded  Mr. 
Robbins  are  the  following:  Revs.  Messrs.  Allen,  McMurray, 
Anderson,  Dickens,  Jones,  Leaton,  Anderson,  Covington, 
Jones,  Wood,  Lewis,  Culver,,  who  was  the  first  stationed 
preacher  and  remained  two  years,  and  Risley,  who  is  the 
present  incumbent.  Under  the  zealous  labors  of  those  faith- 
ful ministers  of  the  Word,  the  church  has  enjoyed  several 
revivals,  and  now  numbers  one  hundred  and  ten  members; 
and  in  the  county,  the  membership  of  the  church  has  grown 
so  numerous,  that  two  circuit  preachers  have  been  employed 
this  year,  besides  the  stationed  preacher. 

The  church  building  of  the  Methodists  in  this  village  was 
erected  in  1846-7, on  land  given  them  by  Major  G.  Patterson. 
The  cost  of  the  building  was  about  $900.  Its  dimensions  are 
34  by  40  feet.  They  have  also  a  very  fine  parsonage  proper- 
ty, near  the  meeting  house,  purchased  in  1851  for  $900. 

The  congregation  are' thinking  about  enlarging  their  house 
of  worship, — it  having  been,  for  some  time,  too  small  to  ac- 
commodate the  worshipers.  It  is  believed  that  this  church 
has  lived  in  more  peace  and  brotherly  love  than  either  of  the 
other  churches  No  difference  of  opinion  on  collateral  ques- 
tions has  ever  taken  their  thoughts  from  the  main  question, 


or  been  permitted  to  sever  the  unity  of  the  spirit  or  the  bonds 
of  peace. 

The  Baptist  church  was  organized  iu  1841.  The  few 
Baptists  here  at  that  time  invited  Rev.  Elijah  Dodson  to  hold 
a  meeting-  here  for  two  days.  He  came  and  preached  in  the 
old  school  house  and  in  private  residences  for  seventeen 
days  and  nights.  The  result  of  the  meeting-  was  25  hopeful 
conversions.  On  the  5th  of  September,  1841,  the  Baptist 
church  was  organized  with  thirty  members,  of  whom  one- 
third  are  still  living  here.  The  first  deacons  were  Richard 
Graham  and  J.  E.  Cooper.  The  church  was  supplied  with 
stated  preaching  by  Rev.  Messrs.  Dodson  and  Moses  Lemon 
till  1843,  when  Rev.  Elihu  Palmer  was  called  to  the  care  of 
the  church,  and  remained  till  January,  1846.  At  this  time 
there  was  a  division  of  the  church  on  the  slavery  question, 
and  18  members  were  organized  into  a  new  church  under 
the  care  of  Rev.  E.  Palmer.  This  church,  however,  soon 
expired,  while  the  old  church  continued  with  Rev.  Joel  Terry 
for  their  minister  till  1847.  Rev.  W.  F.  Boyakin  was  minis- 
ter from  that  time  till  April,  1849,  when  Rev.  J.  Bulkley  com- 
menced his  services.  He  continued  till  October,  1853,  when 
he  resigned  and  the  church  is  now  without  regular  preach- 
ing. Under  the  able  and  devoted  ministry  of  Mr.  Bulkley 
the  church  greatly  increased  in  numbers  and  efficiency,  so 
that  now  it  numbers  one  hundred  and  sixty-three 

The  church  continued  without  a  house  of  worship,  meet- 
ing mostly  in  the  court  house,  until  July,  1849,  when  the 
present  neat  brick  building,  measuring  32  by  42  feet,  ex- 
clusive of  its  portico,  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  from  $1,800  to 
$2,000,  In  1850  they  purchased  a  bell,  weighing  525  pounds, 
for  $200.  In  1851  they  added  Venetian  blinds  at  a  cost  of 
$80.  This  church  has,  for  several  years  past,  manifested  a 
great  degree  of  liberality  in  their  contributions  to  the  vari- 
ous objects  of  religious  benevolence.  There  are  two  or  three 
other  small  Baptist  churches  in  Jersey  county. 

A  Congregational  church  was  organized  m  1846,  consist- 


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ing-  mostly  of  seceders  from  the  Presbyterian  church,  at  a 
time  of  high  excitement  on  the  subject  of  slavery,  and 
Messrs.  Hulbut  and  Loomis  preached  here  for  six  months 
each,  but  the  church  was  soon  dissolved,  and  those  of  the 
members  who  are  left  in  Jerseyville  mostly  attend  the  Pres- 
byterian church. 

The  Roman  Catholics  have  no  church  building"  as  yet, 
but  with  their  usual  superior  judgment  with  regard  to  the 
localities  of  their  public  buildings,  they  purchased  in  1852, 
of  the  Messrs.  Barr,  one-third  of  an  acre  of  land  in  one  of 
the  most  sightly  and  pleasant  parts  of  the  town.  A  hand- 
some church  edifice,  with  an  elegant  front  and  spire,  built 
there,  and  fronting-  on  Main  street,  would  be  visible  almost 
from  Kane,  five  miles  distant,  and  certainly  from  the  village 
of  Fidelity,  eleven  miles  distant,  and  would  certainly  be  a 
great  ornament  to  Jerseyville,  standing,  as  it  would,  directly 
at  the  diverging-  point  of  the  Main  street  and  the  road  to  Al- 
ton, and,  like  Grace  church  in  Broadway,  New  York,  pre- 
senting itself  to  all  promenaders  in  the  principal  street  of 
the  town,  as  the  most  conspicuous  object  throughout  its 
entire  length. 

The  only  cemetery  in  this  neighborhood  is  a  piece  of 
ground  containing-  two  acres,  deeded  to  the  County  Com  mis 
sioners  by  Miss  Arintha  Conover,  in  1841.  Burials  had  taken 
place  here  for  some  years  previous,  when  the  land  belonged 
to  Carpenter,  who  afterwards  sold  the  land  with  a  reserva- 
tion of  these  two  acres  for  a  public  grave-yard.  It  was  never 
laid  out  in  blocks  and  walks,  and  it  is  feared  that  a  few  years 
more  will  make  it  a  place  of  inextricable  confusion  to  those 
who  wish  to  bury  their  dead,  or  find  the  remains  of  the  long- 
departed.  Even  now,  the  mattock  of  the  grave-digger  some- 
times strikes  a  coffin,  and  he  is  compelled  to  desist  and 
commence  his  labors  elsewhere.  Even  now,  the  father,  vis- 
iting the  grave-yard  after  long  years  of  absence,  cannot, 
with  any  certainty,  point  to  the  spot  where  lie  the  relics  of 
his  child.  The  citizens  of  Jersevville  will  never  be  able  to 


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claim  the  title  of  a  fully  civilized  people  till  they  have  a  cem- 
etery worthy  to  be  the  depository  of  the  precious  dead.  It 
matters  not  how  many  churches  we  may  have,  or  literary  or 
benevolent  institutions,  we  shall  be  forever  justly  scandaliz- 
ed while  our  dead  lie  thus  neglected  and  forgotten.  The 
stranger  of  taste,  cultivation  and  piety  will  always  be  shock- 
ed as  he  asks  for  your  Greenwood  or  Auburn,  to  be  informed 
that  we  have  no  bright  spot  of  verdure,  and  shade,  and  flow- 
ers, emblematic  of  immortal  bloom,  but  only  one  bleak,  ster- 
ile, gloomy  Golgotha  to  be  offered  to  his  survey. 

O,  ye  rich  and  prosperous  men  of  Jerseyviile!  Purge 
yourselves  from  this  too  foul  and  melancholy  disgrace.  Give 
yourselves  and  give  us  one  spot  that  shall  be  hallowed  and 
blessed.  Give  us  from  your  broad  acres  some  extensive  and 
lovely  lawn,  which  you  and  we  may  beautify  with  long-drawn 
aisles,  arched  by  the  branches  of  trees  of  the  forest;  some 
piece  of  sequestered  ground,  where  the  filthy  swine  shall  no 
longer  burrow  into  the  graves  of  your  wives  and  brothers 
and  children,  and  where'  stray  horses  and  cattle  shall  never 
more  find  pasture.  Give  us  the  spot,  where  every  summer 
evening  the  aged  and  the  young  may  go  alike  to  weep  and  re- 
joice— the  place  where  gentle  hands  shall  plant  the  cedar 
and  the  willow,  the  rose  and  the  myrtle,  around  the  firm, 
well-sodded  grave,  and  from  year  to  year  shall  watch  the 
zephyr  as  it  plays  like  a  living  spirit  among  the  trembling 
petals;  as  it  plays  like  the  very  fingers  of  the  laughing  child, 
whose  little  frame  is  mouldering  there,  while  its  spirit  is 
smiling  in  the  bosom  of  God.  Give  us  where  the  thouhtless 
may  go  to  be  beguiled  into  lessons  full  of  solemn  warning, 
which  they  shall  in  vain  endeavor  to  forget.  Give  us  where 
the  aged  and  careworn  may  go  to  measure  their  last  resting 
place;  yea,  to  lie  down  upon  the  sod,  and  casting  the  eye  of 
faith  to  heaven,  cry,  O,  that  I  had  the  wings  of  a  dove,  that 
my  spirit  might  fly  away,  and  my  broken  body  lie  here  in  its 
serene,  unbroken  repose.  * 

*  T  am  happy  to  be  able  to  add.  that  since  this  sermon  was  delivered,  arrange- 
ment s  arc  making  by  Messrs.  Adams.  Moroan  and  Blackburn  for  a  suitable  Cem- 
etery, just  outside  of  tbe  limits  of  the  village. 


20 

Let  us  now  proceed  to  the  history  of  the  societies  for 
mutual  relief,  brotherhood  and  benevolence. 

The  Jersey ville  Division,  No.  16,  Sons  of  Temperance, 
was  organized  August  4th,  1847.  Charter  members,  G.  C. 
Wood,  E.  J.  Palmer,  N.  L.  Adams,  A.  P.  Brown,  Wm.  B. 
Nevius,  T.  L.  McGill,  A.  B.  Morean,  C.  H.  Knapp,  P.  C. 
Walker,  F.  Osborn,  Geo.  Wharton,  A.  P.  Staats  and  W.  J. 
West.  Nearly  400  members  have  been  initiated.  The  pres- 
ent number  is  120.  The  division  built,  in  1851,  a  fine  hall,  two 
stories  high,  22  by  50  feet,  which  was  dedicated  by  G.  W.  P. 
Morean  in  September,  1851.  The  buildings  and  grounds 
cost  between  $1,800  and  $2,000. 

G.  C.  Wood  was  the  first  W.  P.,  N.  L.  Adams,  W.  A. 
Franklin  section,  No.  9,  Cadets  of  Temperance,  was  organ- 
ized September  28th,  1848.  The  charter  members  were  T. 
A.  Boyakin,  W.  Leigh,  D.  Sunderland,  D.  S.  Yates,  P.  D. 
Cheney,  F.  Potts,  H.  N.  Wyckoff,  W.  Cook,  R.  J.  Hill,  E. 
Miner,  C.  H.  Vandike,  P.  Updike,  and  W.  A.  Potts.  Robert 
J.  Hill  was  elected  W.  A.,  and  D.  S.  Yates,  secretary.  The 
section  has  numbered  as  high  as  fifty  or  sixty.  It  now  num- 
bers twenty-three.  It  has  not  lost  a  single  member  by  death 
since  its  organization. 

Jerseyville  Union,  Daughters  of  Temperance,  was  or- 
ganized April  21,  1853,  with  twelve  members:  Mary  Combs, 
Sarah  Hansell,  Sarah  Culver,  Mary  A.  Smith,  Mary  Osborn, 
F.  Maupin,  Marilla  Levine,  Elizabeth  Dunsden,  Martha 
Nichols,  Mary  Snedeker,  Miss  Lorrance,  and  Elizabeth  Mc- 
Gannon. 

Mary  Combs  was  elected  P.  S.,  Sarah  Hansell,  S.  A.,  and 
Sarah  Culver,  R.  S.     Present  number  ot  members  35. 

These  are  all  the  temperance  societies  at  present  exist- 
ing in  this  town  or  county.  The  first  temperance  society 
ever  organized  in  this  county  was  organized  by  Rev.  Dr. 
Blackburn  at  Major  Patterson's,  several  miles  southwest  of 
Jerseyville,  as  early  as  1835.  This  society  afterwards 
changed  its  quarters  to  Jerseyville  and  brought  its  records 


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here.  In  the  time  of  the  Washingtonian  movement,  in  1840, 
a  great  reformation  was  effected  in  Jersey ville — some  noto- 
rious drunkards  were  reclaimed  and  converted,  and  are  still 
sober  men  and  members  of  churches.  When  the  order  of 
Sons  of  Temperance  was  organized,  all  other  societies  merg- 
ed into  that,  and  gave  the  work  into  their  hands. 

The  Jerseyville  Lodge,  No.  53,  of  Odd  Fellows,  was  in- 
stituted May  5th,  1848.  Charter  members,  P.  C.  Walker,  A. 
C.  Hutchinson,  Samuel  Cowen,  James  Bringhurst,  and 
C.  Roberts.  Before  organization  several  new  members  were 
admitted,  viz:  George  E.  Warren,  Wm.  Yates,  Jonathan 
Plowman,  W.  Casey,  N.  L.  Adams,  James  C.  Perry,  R.  L. 
Hill,  and  P.  Silloway.  Wm.  Yates  was  elected  N.  G.,  R.  L. 
Hill,  V.  G.,  and  C.  H.  Roberts,  Scribe. 

Odd-Fellows  Hall  was  built  by  members  of  the  Lodge  in 
1851,  at  a  cost  of  $2,000.  It  is  a  handsome  frame  building, 
two  stories  high,  measuring  25  by  50  feet.  The  hall  is  as 
commodious  and  as  handsomely  furnished  as  any  hall  of  the 
Order  in  the  State.  The  present  number  of  members  is  83. 

The  Jerseyville  Encampment,  No.  20,  of  Odd  Fellows, 
was  instituted  in  1852.  Charter  members  were  W.  Casey, 
C.  H.  Roberts,  P.  C.  Walker,  N.  L.  Adams,  E.  A.  Casey,  A. 
L.  Knapp  and  L.  Grosvenor.  L.  Grosvenor  was  elected 
C.  P.,  E.  A.  Casey,  H.  P.,  and  N.  L.  Adams,  S.  W, 
The  present  number  of  members  is  15. 

The  Morning  Sun  Lodge,  94,  of  Free  Masons,  was  or- 
ganized under  dispensation,  June  25,  1850,  Charter  mem- 
bers, A.  B.  Morean,  R.  S.  Holenback,  Luther  Cory,  Solomon 
Calhoun,  N.  L.  Adams,  C.  H.  Roberts,  B.  F.  Page,  J.  E.  Tay- 
lor, Wm.  P.  Campbell  and  Asa  Snell.  B.  F.  Page  was  elect- 
ed W.  M.,  A.  B.  Morean,  S.  W.,  and  Wm.  P.  Campbell,  J.  W. 

The  present  number  of  members  is  46.  The  lodge  has 
at  present  no  hall  of  its  own.  It  meets  in  a  hall  belonging  to 
Wm.  Yates. 

Time  will  not  enable  me  to  trace,  as  I  would  like  to  do 
minutely,  the  gradual  development  of  the  material  interests 


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of   Jerseyville,  from    1833  to   1853.     Few  words  on   this  sub- 
ject  must   suffice. 

In  1833,  the  Indian  and  the  buffalo  had  long  departed  for 
the  West,  gone,  according  to  Benton,  as  engineers,  to  survey 
and  mark  out  the  best  track  for  a  railroad  to  the  Pacific;  but 
the  hungry  wolf  still  made  night  hideous,  and  the  timid  deer 
shook  their  antlers  here,  and  galloped  over  the  places  of  our 
present  sanctuaries  and  homes..  (Within  the  memory  of 
Mrs.  Ford  Lewis,  a  wandering  bear  came  too  near  Jersey- 
ville to  be  healthy  for  him,  when  soon  a  posse  of  citizens, 
with  guns  and  hounds,  started  in  pursuit  of  Bruin,  running 
him  nearly  where  Wm.  Whitworth  now  lives,  finally  cap- 
turing him  some  distance  northwest  of  Jerseyville.)  Jersey- 
ville was  not;  and  even  a  year  or  two  later,  some  of  the  offici- 
als at  Carrollton  sneered  at  the  newly-broached  idea  of  a 
county  and  county  seat  south  of  that  ancient  town.  Disas- 
ter and  defeat  were  prophesied  for  the  new  scheme  on  sev- 
eral grounds,  one  of  which  is  said  to  have  been  that  it  was 
so  near  the  city  of  Kane,  that  a  business  place  here  was  a 
thing  impossible.  Another  was,  that  it  was  so  far  from  tim- 
ber, that  nobody  would  buy  lots  or  undertake  to  Iniild  here. 
Today  we  number  1.000  or  1,200  inhabitants,  many  of  whom 
have  hauled  vast  quantities  of  lumber  from  Alton  and  Graf- 
ton,  as  well  as  from  the  neighboring  woods;  and  if  our  mode 
ot  computing  population  were  similar  to  the  mode  of  the 
Eastern  States,  that  is,  by  townships,  rather  than  by  vil- 
lages, our  population  would  not  be  less  than  3,000,  and  might 
be  considerably  more. 

The  highest  vote  ever  polled  in  this  precinct  was  628,  and 
allowing  but  one  voter  to  every  five  persons,  (and  that  is  a 
small  estimate  in  a  Western  population  where  the  males  out- 
number the  females,)  3,140  would  be  the  population  of  this 
precinct.  We  have  certainly  as  good  a  right  to  reckon  pop- 
ulation by  townships  as  New  York  or  Massachusetts,  and 
no  special  harm  would  come  upon  Jerseyville,  if  our  town 
and  county  officers  should  conspire  to  take  a  census  of  the 


COL.  C.  H.  KNAPP. 


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township,   and   henceforth  estimate  our  population  accord- 
ingly. 

Merchandise,  husbandry,  and  every  species  of  mechanical 
art  which  has  been  tried  here*  have  always  prospered  from 
the  beginning-.  At  present  four  blocks  on  Main  street,  on 
each  side  of  the  street,  are  almost  entirely  occupied  by  ho- 
tels, shops,  and  stores  of  traders  and  mechanics,  and  the 
offices  of  professional  men;  and  though  we  cannot  hear  the 
hoarse  coughing  of  the  steamer,  or  the  roar  and  rattle  of  the 
train,  we  have  yet,  as  a  substitute,  the  constant  daily  and 
nightly  puffing  of  two  large  and  busy  flour  mills,  one  of 
which,  at  least,  has  made  itself  known  throughout  a  great 
portion  of  Illinois,  by  something  better  than  mere  puffing. 

Here  is  also  an  extensive  buckskin  glove  manufactory, 
under  the  management  of  E.  S.  Wells  &  Co.,  whose  wares 
are  in  great  demand,  and  are  giving  to  Jerseyville  a  wide  and 
enviable  reputation.  This  firm  dress  annually  10,000  to  12,- 
000  deer  skins,  and  manufacture  30,000  pairs  of  gloves  and 
mittens,  besides  15,600  purses.  These  are  now  the  most 
important  and  extensive  of  our  manufactures.  There  is 
doubtless  plenty  of  room  for  more,  and  the  establishment  of 
a  paper  mill,  costing  $10,000,  is  promised  by  next  summer. 
Hardly  a  better  place  than  Jerseyville  could  be  found  for  a 
manufactory  of  coarse  domestics  or  coarse  woollens;  for 
there  are  plenty  of  young  people  here  of  both  sexes,  who 
would  rejoice  in  such  steady  and  profitable  employment. 

In  regard  to  internal  improvements,  our  citizens  are  ful- 
ly up  to  the  spirit  of  the  times. 

Substantial  and  commodious  side-walks,  mostly  of  plank, 
are  extending  their  branches  everywhere  through  the  vil- 
lage, promising  speedily,  easy  access  to  every  part  of  the 
town.  But  it  will  surprise  some  of  you  to  hear  that,  in  the 
year  1847,  when  the  brick  walk  from  Knapp's  corner  to 
Clendenin's  was  first  laid,  (from  National  bank  to  M.  A. 
Warren  &  Co.'s),  an  indignation  meeting  was  held  in  this 
town,  and  attended  by  some  of  our  best  citizens,  condemning 


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the  "uncalled  for  and  arbitrary  measure;"  no  less  than  28 
persons  being1  guilty  of  the  absurdity  of  pledging  them- 
selves, in  writing,  never  at  any  election  to  vote  for  any  of 
those  who  were  at  that  time  Trustees  of  the  town,  "nor  of 
any  of  their  abettors  in  said  iniquitous  act."  The  meeting 
unanimously  passed  five  resolutions  of  the  most  peppery  de- 
scription, and  then  adjourned  for  further  reflection,  which 
seems  to  have  been  attended  with  gratifying  results.  As 
most  of  these  persons  have  manifested  repentance  by  sub- 
sequent works  of  righteousness,  it  would  be  doing  them  in- 
justice to  record  their  names.  Forgiveness  on  repentance 
is  a  law  of  heaven, 

Shade  trees  (mostly  locusts)  are  plentiful  here,  and  al- 
most every  citizen  takes  honorable  pride  in  adorning  his 
yard  and  the  streets  with  them,  so  that  what  was  twenty 
years  ago  a  verdant  prairie,  is  fast  becoming  literally,  "a 
leaf-clad  town." 

I  have  occupied  so  much  time  in  this  narrative,  that  little 
is  left  for  reflections  suitable  to  the  subject  and  the  occasion 
I  will  close  with  the  single  remark  that  we  have  abundant 
reason  to  thank  God  today  for  the  establishment  and  the  pro- 
gress of  Jerseyville,  in  all  its  material  and  spiritual  interests. 
For  some  years  intemperance  and  immorality  of  various 
kinds  threatened  to  entrench  themseves  immoveably  in  our 
midst.  The  first  invoice  of  goods  ever  brought  to  this  place, 
contained  $1,700  worth  of  spirituous  liquors.  This,  too,  in 
1834,  when  people  were  few  and  far  between.  Drinking, 
gambling,  and  horse  racing  were  the  chief  amusements  of 
the  citizens.  One  of  the  greatest  speculations  in  personal 
property  ever  made  here,  was  the  purchase  and  sale,  in  1835, 
of  a  race  horse,  belonging  to  one  of  our  citizens.  The  horse 
was  sold  for  $5,000,  and  taken  to  Missouri,  where  it  is  believ- 
ed he  died  by  treachery  and  poison.  The  gospel  seemed, 
for  a  long  time,  almost  powerless  against  sin.  Even  so  late- 
ly as  1837-8,  the  number  of  religious  worshippers  of  all  de- 
nominations at  the  old  school-house  did  not  average  over  30? 


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while  the  worshippers  of  tanzy  bitters  at  the  Red  House,  on 
the  Sabbath,  were  twice  that  number.  There  were  then 
three  drunkard  factories  here,  constantly  in  running1  order, 
the  most  notorious  of  which  was  the  "Old  Bat  House."  But 
prayer  and  labor  were  not  wanting1  in  the  darkest  hour.  At 
length,  the  seeds  of  temperance  and  Christianity,  which  had 
been  planted  here,  took  deep  root  in  the  hearts  of  the  people. 
Many  of  the  stoutest  sinners  have  been  either  destroyed  or 
humbled  under  the  power  of  God,  and,  on  the  whole,  it  may 
be  said,  that  now  we  are  a  people  as  moral,  sober,  and  peace- 
able as  any  other  in  the  State. 

Liquor  selling-,  liquor  drinking,  and  gambling  are  frown- 
ed upon  by  the  vast  majority  of  our  people,  and  we  are  starv- 
ing out  the  few  remaining  lawyers  just  as  rapidly  as  we 
can.  Little  encouragement  is  afforded  to  the  idle  and  vicious 
to  take  up  a  residence  here,  but  on  the  contrary,  every  in- 
ducement is  presented  to  the  quiet  and  industrious,  to  cast 
in  their  lot  among  us.  There  has  been  a  constant,  though, 
comparatively  speaking,  not  very  rapid  increase  in  the  num- 
ber of  its  building's  and  people,  and  nine-tenths  of  its  popu- 
lation are  Americans;  so  that  we  are  much  more  homogene- 
ous in  feeling  and  interests  than  the  population  of  most  other 
towns  of  similar  or  larger  size  in  the  State.  Our  people  are 
almost  all  prosperous  in  business,  and  are  rapidly  surround- 
ing themselves  with  varied  comforts  and  luxuries,  and  are 
beginning  to  manifest  the  usual  instincts  of  a  cultivated  peo- 
ple, an  ambitious  grasping  after  more  and  better  thing's  than 
their  neighbors  possess. 

No  extensive  conflagration  has  ever  visited  our  town,  to 
lay  waste  in  a  single  night  the  labor  of  years,  and  for  this  we 
are  indeed  bound  to  thank  God  with  all  our  hearts — for,  as 
for  man,  he  as  yet,  has  taken  little  care  to  prevent  it.  I  can- 
not record  the  organization  of  any  engine,  hose,  or  hook  and 
ladder  company  in  Jersey ville,  and  I  fear  that  nothing  short 
of  a  disastrous  fire,  will  produce  that  which  ought  to  be  in 
existence,  and  mig^ht  be  the  means  of  saving1  a  vast  amount 
of  property  this  very  winter. 


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Citizens  of  Jerseyville!  Thank  God  today  for  mercies 
past  and  present  Firmly  resolve  to  give  up  no  ground  you 
have  won.  Take  no  steps  backward.  You  have  been  for 
some  time  watchful  on  the  subject  of  temperance,  but  con- 
siderably too  bashful.  Henceforth,  present  a  solid  phalanx 
of  strong  hearts  and  hands,  to  resist  its  desolating  career. 
Maintain  by  precept  and  example,  due  reverence  for  the 
name  of  God  and  for  the  holy  Sabbath,  without  which  no 
town  or  country  can  be  truly  posperous-  Let  the  cause  of 
education  and  the  cause  of  true  religion  have  your  earnest 
endeavors.  It  is  only  by  the  cultivation  and  the  practice  of 
virtue  and  piety  that  Jerseyville  can  continue  to  grow  in  wis- 
dom and  moral  stature,  and  in  favor  with  God  and  man.  Let 
this  town  be  a  moral  lighthouse,  standing  as  high  above  the 
billows  of  ignorance  and  vice,  as  her  towers  and  roofs  rise 
higher  than  the  valleys  in  which  flow  the  rivers  and  creeks 
that  bound  the  territory  of  the  county.  Let  all  who  cast 
their  eyes  hitherward  from  a  distance,  see,  now  and  forever, 
your  lantern  burning,  with  no  revolving,  uncertain,  or  flick- 
ering glare,  but  forcing  its  strong,  steady  rays  far  down 
through  the  fogs  of  the  early  morning,  and  the  thick  dark- 
ness of  Egyptian  midnight — thus,  and  thus  alone,  shall  the 
influence  of  Jerseyville  be  what  it  may  be.  and  ought  to  be, 
wide,  happy,  and  everlasting. 

(The  citizen  who  reads  this  memerable  discourse  will 
naturally  reflect  back  over  the  47  years  that  have  intervened, 
or  such  a  part  of  it  as  they  are  familiar  with,  and  compare 
the  moral  status  of  today  with  then;  and  ask,  how  have  these 
piercing,  but  kindly  spoken  words,  been  obeyed.  The  all 
important  question  every  citizen  should  ask  himself,  is  Jer- 
seyville the  better,  or  the  worse,  for  having  lived  in  it? 

If  honestly  answered,  both  a  negative  and  positive  an- 
swer will  be  given.  We  have  many  things  the  loyal  Christian 
citizen  has  just  reason  to  be  thankful  for,  yet  many  things 
to  make  him  blush  with  shame. 

We  have   just  reason  to  expect  much  by  way  of  reform, 


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and  improvements  from  our  new  city  officials,  and  as  good 
and  loyal  citizens  let  us  back  them  in  every  reform,  and 
sharply  reprove  them  for  every  neglect  of  duty,  or  steps 
backward.) 


dhurches  of  ^erseyville,  Illinois. 


FIRST    PRKSBYTERIAN    CHURCH    OF    JERSKYVILLE. 

The  First  Presbyterian  church  of  Jerseyville  was  or- 
ganized in  a  log"  cabin,  which  stood  on  the  spot  where  now 
stands  the  C.  P.  &  St.  L.  R.  R.  Depot,  in  the  house  of  N.  L. 
Adams,  near  Hickory  Grove,  February*15,  1834,  just  67  years 
ago.  It  was  organized  by  two  Presbyterian  pioneer  preach- 
ers, the  Rev.ThomasLippincottand  Rev  Elisha  Jenney,  then 
a  stated  supply  of  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Alton,  111. 

According  to  the  rules  of  their  church,  a  sermon  was 
preached  by  Rev.  Lippincott,  after  which  the  ceremony  of 
organization  was  conducted.  Three  ruling  elders  were  or- 
dained and  installed,  who  were  the  first  elders  of  the 
church,  viz:  Alexander  H.  Burrett,  James  Lumsden  and  M. 
N.  Bosworth.  There  were  eighteen  original  members.  No 
record  is  given  of  these  eighteen  members,  but  the  names 
of  fourteen  are  given  by  Dr.  Norton  in  his  history  of  Pres- 
byterianism  in  Illinois,  as  follows:  James  Lumsden,  Ruben 
Page,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Page,  Joseph  Gerrish,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Gerrish,  Mrs.  Miriam  Turner,  (Capt.  Cooper's  first  wife), 
Dr.  Alexander  Burritt,  Mrs.  Nancy  Burritt,  M.  N.  Bos- 
worth  and  wife,  John  Anderson  and  wife,  Matilda  McGill  and 
Miss  Sophonia  Adams. 

For  two  years  or  more  the  church  was  without  a  pas- 
tor and  house  of  worship,  but  worshiped  in  a  school  house 
which  stood  on  the  lot  now  occupied  by  Capt.  John  Smith, 
and  for  six  months  in  Mr.  Keith's  cabinet  shop. 

In  October,  1835,  Rev.  Amos  P.  Brown  became  the  first 
stated  supply  of  this  church  until  1838.  In  1836,  the  first 


FIKST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHUHCH. 


A     ^ 


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steps  were  taken  to  build  a  house  of  worship.  In  1838-9,  the 
frame  of  the  building-  was  put  up,  but  $700,  the  amount  nec- 
essary to  build,  could  not  be  raised.  The  building1,  which 
stood  where  the  present  house  of  worship  stands,  was  dedi- 
cated October  14,  1841  It  was  40  x48  feet  in  size,  and  cost 
$2,600.  The  dedicatory  sermon  was  preached  by  Rev. 
Theron  Baldwin. 

In  September,  1838,  Rev.  Joseph  Fowler  began  his  la- 
bors here,  and  in  April  4,  1839,  was  ordained  here  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Alton.  Being1  an  aspiring1  young1  man,  he  re- 
sig-ned  September,  1840,  and  went  to  Ohio.  He  died  Septem- 
ber 6,  1857. 

Immediately  on  the  retirement  of  Mr.  Fowler,  Rev.Luke 
Lyons  was  invited  to  the  pastorate.  He  entered  upon  his 
labors  November,  1840,  and  was  installed  pastor  December 
26,  1843.  Mr.  Lyons  labored  here  until  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred January  11,  1845. 

After  his  death  the  church  was  shepherdless  for  over  a 
year,  when  Rev.  Georg-e  C.  Wood  took  charge  March  1,  1846. 
On  April  20,  1850,  he  resig-ned.  In  October  1850,  Rev. 
Lemuel  Grosvenor  began  his  labors  as  pastor,  resigning1  in 
July,  1855. 

December  1855,  Rev.  Joseph  S.  Edwards  became  pastor. 
Mr.  Edwards  resigned  his  pastorate  December,  1858.  Dur- 
ing his  ministry  the  present  parsonage  was  bought  at  a  cost 
of  $2,400.  He  died  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  October  17,  1876. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Foote  succeeded  him  in  Dec.  1, 1858,  and 
was  installed  in  April  15,  1860.  He  resigned  Feb.  17,  1867. 
He  died  in  Michigan,  June  28,  1880. 

April  7,  1867,  Rev.  Wm.  W.  Williams  was  invited,  but  re- 
signed September  following.  He  was  succeeded  by  Rey. 
George  I.  King,  D.  D.,  who,  on  account  of  failing  health,  re- 
signed in  1872,  and  died  March  12,  1873. 

After  Dr.  King,  Rev.  James  W.  Stark  entered  upon  his 
duties  as  stated  supply,  November,  1873.  He  remained  here 
for  ten  years,  resigning  in  January,  1883. 


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On  the  18th  of  January,  1880,  the  rotary  system  of  elder- 
ship was  adopted,  and  W.  S.  Ross  was  elected  to  the  elder- 
ship, term  to  expire  in  January,  1881;  B.  C.  Vandervoort, 
term  to  expire  in  January,  1882,  and  Dr.  A.  A.  Barnett,  term 
to  expire  in  January,  1883. 

The  corner  stone  of  the  new  house  of  worship  was  laid 
August  12,  1882,  and  on  August  23,  1883,  the  present  beauti- 
ful stone  structure  was  dedicated. 

In  June,  1883,  Rev.  Ira  C.  Tyson,  D.  D.,  was  called  to 
the  pastorate,  and  on  September  25,  1883,  was  installed  pas- 
tor. Dr.  Tyson  remained  as  pastor  thirteen  years,  resign- 
ing- Nov.,  1896. 

Rev.  Wm.  H.  Kearns  succeeded  him,  preaching-  his 
first  pastoral  sermon  March  7,  1897,  from  Isa  4  :  8.  Rev. 
Kearns  was  installed  pastor  on  Wednesday  evening1  April 
21,  1897,  Rev.  M.  M.  Cooper  presiding-,  and  propounding  the 
constitutional  questions.  Mr.  Kearns  remained  as  pastor 
from  March  7,  1897,  to  December  30,  1900,  when,  on  the  last 
named  date,  he  preached  in  the  morning,  and  conducted  a 
farewell  communion  service.  In  the  evening  the  other  Prot- 
estant churches,  with  their  pastors,  united  in  hearing  Rev. 
Kearn's  farewell  sermon.  A  crowded  house  and  a  solemn 
service..  All  the  other  pastors  gave  short  addresses.  Rev. 
Kearn's  -text  was  in  Acts  20-27:  "I  have  not  shunned  to  de- 
clare unto  you  the  whole  council  of  God." 

This  church  extended  a  unanimous  call  to  Rev.  John  G. 
Klene,  of  St.  Louis,  who  began  his  labors  Sunday?  April  7, 
1901.  His  first  text  was  I  Peter,  5:  2,  3.  He  was  installed 
Wednesday,  May  1,  1901.  Rev.  John  A.  Gallaher,  modera- 
tor of  Presbytery,  presided  and  propounded  the  constitu- 
tional questions.  Rev.  F.  L.  Ferguson,  D.  D.,  preached  the 
sermon,  Rev,  Grafton,  of  Virden,  read  the  Scriptures, 
Rev.  M.  M.  Cooper  offered  prayer;  Rev.  Wm.  Parsons,  of 
Sparta,  charged  the  pastor;  Rev.  T.B.  Greenlee.of  Carrollton, 
charged  the  people.  Benediction  by  the  pastor.  A  very  in- 
teresting service.  A  prosperous  Sunday  school,  well  at- 


METHODIST    EPISCOPAL  CHURCH. 


iS* 


—31— 

tended  prayer  meeting",  woman's  missionary  society, — all  in 
a  healthy  and  prosperous  condition.  Present  membership  is 
340. 

M.     K.     CHURCH    OF    JEKSBYVILLK. 

Except  by  occasional  itinerant  preachers,  there  was  no 
regular  preaching"  by  this  denomination  until  in  1837,  when 
Rev.  J.  B.  Wollard  and  Rev.  Willliam  Gannaway  became 
preachers  in  charge  of  the  Jerseyville  circuit.  In  the  year 
1838,  Alton  District  of  Illinois  Conference  sent  Rev.  George 
W.  Robbinsand  Rev.  William  Meldrum  to  this  circuit.  In 
an  upper  chamber  of  the  home  of  Josiah  Mulkins,  on  the 
southeast  corner  of  State  and  Pearl  streets,  in  July,  1839,  a 
class  was  organized,  from  which  has  grown  the  present 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  ot  Jerseyville.  The  class  con- 
sisted of  the  seven  following  persons:  Samuel  Pitt  man, 
Richard  Johnson,  Josiah  Mulkins,  Hanna  Hankins,  E.  Van 
Pelt  and  Sarah  Van  Pelt.  Samuel  Pittman  was  the  first 
class  leader.  At  this  time  Jerseyville  was  included  in  the 
Grafton  circuit,  and  Rev.  Norman  Allya  and  Rev.  N.  P. 
Heath  were  the  first  regular  preachers  this  church  ever  had 
after  organization.  At  this  time  the  honored  Peter  Cart- 
wright  was  presiding  elder,  this  being  included  in  the  Jack- 
sonville district. 

Among  the  circuit  riders  appointed  to  this  work  were 
Rev.  W.  S.  McMurray,  in  1840;  James  H.  Dickens  and 
Joseph  Kelly,  1841;  Lewis  Anderson  and  S.  H.  Shaw,  1842; 
C.  D.  James  and  J.  P.  Sebastin,  1843;  C.  D.  James  and  Chas. 
Holliday,  1844.  In  1845  this  was  made  Jerseyville  circuit, 
and  the  following  preachers  were  sent:  Revs.  James  Leaton 
and  L.  C.  Pitner;  Revs.  John  Mathers  and  Joseph  Lane,  in 
1846;  Revs.  Elijah  Corrington  and  T.  N.  McCorckle,  1847; 
Revs.  T.  W.  Jones  and  J.  H.  Dodson,  1849;  Revs.  C.  W. 
Lewis  and  John  Sappington,  1850;  Revs.  S.  H.  Culver  and  Z. 
R.  Piercy,  1851.  In  1852,  Jerseyville  was  made  a  station  and 
included  in  the  Alton  district. 

The  first  church  edifice  erected  was  from  1843  to  1847, 


It  was  a  frame  building1  34x40  feet,  and  cost  $900.  The  lot 
on  which  it  stood  was  on  the  corner  of  Liberty  and  Ex- 
change streets,  100x110  feet,  and  was  the  gift  of  Maj.  Gers- 
hom  Patterson.  The  church  was  dedicated  by  Rev.  Peter 
Akers,  D.  D.,  in  1847.  In  these  days  revivals  were  common 
and  many  turned  unto  the  Lord.  (Very  different  these 
days.) 

On  the  17th  of  August,  1868,  the  corner  stone  of  the  new 
building-  was  laid  by  Rev.  B.  F.  Crary,  D.  D.,  assisted  by 
Revs.  I.  N.  Hill,  Samuel  Walker,  E.  A.  Hoyt  and  J.  W.  Cold- 
well.  It  was  dedicated  January  1,  1871.  The  dedicatory 
sermon  was  preached  by  Bishop  Thomas  Bowman,  D.  D., 
assisted  by  all  the  pastors  of  Jersey  ville,  with  many  others. 
The  trustees  who  presented  the  church  to  Bishop  Bow- 
man were:  John  F.  Smith,  Joseph  G.  Marston,  C.  M.  Ham- 
ilton, Francis  Osborne,  John  Christopher,  Chas.  N.  Adams, 
and  Charles  Brooks.  The  edifice  is  42x72  feet  on  ground 
area  and  cost  $12,000.  The  building-  committee  consisted  of 
Wm.  Emblev,  J.  E.  Van  Pelt  and  Francis  Osborne.  The 
first  two  were  succeeded  by  Ezekiel  Davison  and  Clarence 
Hamilton. 

During  the  thirty-two  years  intervening  between  the  or- 
ganization into  a  class,  July,  1839,  to  the  year  of  dedication, 
1871,  the  following  preachers  served  this  church,  viz,  Revs: 

S.   H.   Culver,  1852-3  D.  W.  Phillips,  '76-9; 

A.  S.  Risley,  '53-4  J.  W.  Van  Cleve,  79-'80; 

J.  W.  Coldwell,    '54-5;  Eugene  May,  '80-2; 

O.  F.  Houts,   '55-7;  C.  E.  Cline  '82-3; 

J.  W.  Coldwell,  '57-8;  F.  M.  Van  Treese,   '83-5; 

H.  B.  Taylor,  '58-9;  J.  A.  Scarritt,  '86-7; 

Dr.  J.  B.  Corrmgton,  '59- '61;     John  Leeper,  '88  '90; 

Joseph  Earp,  '61-2  J.  Earp,  '91-2; 

Dr.  Van  Cleve,  '62-4;  N.   Crow,  '93-5; 

Wm.   Cliff,  '64-6;  C.   Nash.   '96  7; 

J.  W.  Coldwell,  '66-9;  G.  W.    Shepherd,   '97-8; 

W.  H.  Reed,  '69-'7l;  C.  Nash,  '99; 


KIK'ST     BAPTIST  CHITKCH. 


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J.  W.  Phillips,   71-3;  C.  B.  Besse,  1900,  and  re- 

F.  L.  Thompson;  '73-6;  mains  the  present  pastor. 

The  church  has  about  300  members.  It  supports  a  good 
Sunday  School,  with  J.  W.  Becker  as  its  present  superin- 
tendent; twenty  teachers  and  an  enrollment  of  275. 

BAPTIST  CHURCH. 

The  Jerseyville  Baptist  church  was  organized  in  an  old 
school  house  which  stood  in  the  western  end  of  the  lot  now 
owned  by  Capt.  John  Smith,  corner  of  Spruce  and  Jefferson 
streets,  September  5,  1841.  It  held  meetings  there  for  but  a 
short  time,  after  which  they  were  held  in  the  old  court  house 
which  stood  where  the  present  court  house  now  stands,  until 
in  1850,  when,  the  then  new  Baptist  church  was  completed. 
This  house  of  worship  stood  then,  and  now,  at  the  southeast 
corner  from  the  court  house,  at  the  corner  of  Washington 
and  Pearl  streets.  It  was  dedicated  July  23,  1850.  The 
dedicatory  sermon  was  preached  by  Rev.  Wm.  F.  Boyakin. 
Rev.  Jestus  Buckley  was  pastor.  The  second  house  of  wor- 
ship was  dedicated  in  June,  1864,  fourteen  years  after  the 
first  house  was  dedicated.  The  dedicatory  sermon  was 
preached  by  Rev.  Jestus  Buckley,  D.  D.,  L.  L.  D, 

The  second  house  was  remodeled  and  rededicated  April 
26,  1882;  sermon  by  Rev.  W.  W.  Boyd,  D.  D.  The  first  cost 
of  the  second  house  was  $14,188.93.  The  remodeling  cost 
$13,063  .44,  The  present  house  of  worship  as  it  now  stands 
cost,  at  both  dedications,  $27,252  .37. 

The  following  were  its  charter  members:  Richard  Gra- 
ham, Martha  M.  Graham,  Jonathan  E.  Cooper,  Myriam  F. 
Cooper,  George  Wharton,  Jane  Wharton,  Mary  Riggs,  Ma- 
ria Hill,  Lucy  A.  Tunstill,  Elizabeth  Sunderland,  Mary  C 
Hill,  Maria  E.  Hill,  Juliet  A.  Hill,  Martin  L.  Hill,  Mary  s'un- 
derland,  Charles  N.  Adams,  Jacob  K.  Stelle,  James  Giver- 
son,  James  C.  Graham,  John  M.  Hutchinson,  Rebecca  Hutch- 
inson,  Harriette  Hansell,  Emily  H.Johnson,  Rachael  Hutch- 
inson, Richard  Olmstead,  Adam  Utt,  Priscilla  Utt,  Henry 
Johnson,  Richard  I.  Ely,  William  Reaves — 30  in  all.  Two  of 


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the  above  named  are  still  living1;  one  remains  in  our  midst. 

During-  the  past  60  years,  almost,  this  church  has  had  16 
pastors,  four  years  being1  the  average  pastorate,  including- 
the  present  pastor.  The  following"  were  its  pastors: 

Elijah  Dodson  from  Sept.  5,  1841,  to  Dec.  20,  1845. 

Elihu  J.  Palmer,  from  1845,  to  1846. 

Joel  Terry,  from  July  25,  1846,  to  Aug-.,  1847. 

Wm.  F.  Boyakin,  from  Sept.  4,  1847,  to  Nov.,  1848. 

Jestus  Buckley,  from  April  4, 1849,  to  October,  1853. 

David  P.  French,  from  Dec.  18,  1853,  to  July  31,  1861. 

L.  C.  Carr,  from  Aug- ,  1861,  to  November,  1864. 

J.  N.  Hill,  from  May  '65,  to  October,  '71. 

P.  P.  Perry,  from  March,  '72,  to  May,  '74. 

C.  R.  Lathrop,  from  May,  '75,  to  Aug-ust,  '76. 

C.  E.  Taylor,  from  October,  '76,  to  November,  '81. 

D.  Heag-le,  from  April,  '82,  to  May,  '84. 

C.  HT  Moscript,  from  July,  '84,  to  October,  '86. 

W.  H.  H.  Avery,  from  February,  '87,  to  September,  '91. 

J.  J.  Porter,  from  Jan.  '92,  to  Sept.  '99. 

J.  A.  Ford,  from  Jan.,  1900,    (the  present  pastor.) 

Its  first  Sunday  School  superintendent  was  Orrin  Chaf- 
fee,  elected  September,  1851.  Its  present  superintendent  is 
John  Christy.  The  school  is  in  a  prosperous  condition,  with 
about  200  members,  and  20  teachers. 

Its  first  deacons  were  Richard  Graham  and  Jonathan  E. 
Cooper,  who  remained  in  office  54  years,  to  his  death,  which 
occurred  October  25,  1895.  Its  present  deacons  are  Georg-e 
Head,  Robert  Newton,  Alex.  Pitt,  Joseph  W.  Sunderland, 
Benjamin  Foster,  John  Christy,  and  Georg-e  H.  Woodruf,  Jr. 
Its  present  membership  is  683. 

CHURCH  OF  THE  HOLY  GHOST. 

On  June  llth,  1883,  the  Very  Rev.  Father  Jans.ien,  Vicar 
General  of  the  Diocese  of  Alton,  called  a  meeting-  of  the  Ger- 
man Catholics  of  Jerseyville  and  vicinity,  for  the  purpose  of 
org-anizing  a  congreg-ation  of  that  denomination  and  national- 
ity. After  consultation  it  was  decided  to  raise  a  subscrip- 


CHURCH    OF  HOI/VT  GHOST. 


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tion  for  the  purpose  of  building  a  house  of  worship.  About 
that  time  the  Second  Presbyterian  church  building-  was  of- 
fered for  sale,  situated  on  the  corner  of  Spruce  and  Wash- 
ington streets. 

At  a  second  meeting  held  a  few  weeks  later  it  was  decid- 
ed to  buy  that  building,  rather  than  erect  a  new  one. 

In  the  fall  of  1883,  they  bought  of  the  trustees  of  the  Sec- 
ond Presbyterian  church,  their  house  of  worship  for  $2,150. 
After  obtaining  possession,  and  decorating,  and  altering  the 
inside,  upon  Thanksgiving  day,  the  same  year,  by  the  Right 
Rev.  P.  J.  Baltes,bishop  of  Alton,it  was  dedicated  to  the  wor- 
ship of  God,  and  celebrated  first  mass  in  it.  The  same  day 
the  congregation  was  organized  with  Rev.  F.  A.  Marks,  as 
pastor,  Henry  Scheffer  and  Charles  Schmeider,  trustees. 
On  the  night  of  Sept.  19th,  1884,  this  house  of  worship  was 
destroyed  by  fire,  the  loss  of  which  was  not  less  than  $5,000 
to  the  congregation. 

A  subscription  for  a  new  church  was  at  once  put  in- 
to circulation,  which  found  liberal  response  from  the  church 
and  community. 

In  the  spring  of  1885  the  erection  of  anew  building  began, 
and  in  due  time  a  new  edifice  of  Gothic  style,  at  the  cost  of 
$6,500  was  dedicated. 

In  1896,  this  church  bought  the  church  building  former- 
ly occupied  by  the  German  Evangelical  Lutherian  Church, 
and  moved  it  just  north  of  where  now  stands  the  church  of 
the  Holy  Ghost,  and  fitted  it,  and  seated  it  for  a  parochial 
school. 

The  school  opened  Monday  Sept  1, 1896,  with  40  scholars, 
and  Mr.  Edward  Hoheiset  of  St.  Louis,  teacher.  He  taught 
here  for  three  years.  After  him  the  sisters  of  St.  Francis, 
Milwauke,  Wis.,  took  charge,  and  have  continued  since. 

Pupils  number  at  present  about  45. 

In  January,  1899,  the  church  bought  the  residence  just 
North  of  the  church,  called  the  Hays  property,  for  a  parson- 
age. The  church  at  present  numbers  about  60  families. 


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CHURCH    OF    ST.  FRANCIS    XAVIER. 

The  first  Catholic  service  ever  held  in  Jersey ville,  and 
perhaps  in  the  county,  was  at  the  home  of  Mr.  William 
Shephard  in  the  fall  of  1841,  Rev.  Father  Hamilton  officiat- 
ing1. Previous  to  1839,  Thomas  Carroll,  Mrs,  Mary  Cum- 
ming-s,  and  the  Carroll  family  who  resided  at  Otter  Creek 
were  the  only  Catholic  families  in  this  county.  The  number 
was  increased  that  year  by  the  arrival  of  Wm.  Shephard, 
James  Flannig-an  and  Wm.  Kelly,  the  latter  being- the  first 
man  ever  married  by  a  priest  in  Jersey  county,  which  occur- 
red in  1839,  Father  Hamilton  officiating-. 

After  Father  Hamilton,  Father  Carroll,  of  Alton,  occa- 
sionally visited  Jersey  ville  and  held  services  in  private  houses 
and  in  the  court  house. 

In  1848-9,  Wm.  Shephard,  Fred  Bertman  and  William 
Kelly  purchased  from  J.  A.  &  J.  C.  Barr  a  lot  of  ground  up- 
on which  to  erect  a  church,  but  it  was  not  until  1857  that  the 
building1  of  a  small  frame  church  was  commenced,  and,  in 
the  latter  part  of  July,  1858,  was  dedicated  by  Right  Rev.  H. 
D.  Juncker,  Bishop  of  Alton,  Father  Mang-an  was  the  first 
priest  permanently  located  in  Jerseyville,  which  was  in  Aug-., 
1858,  and  remained  here  until  April,  1860,  He  was  succeed- 
ed by  Father  Morrill,  who  remained  until  February  1,  1861, 

His  successor  was  Father  Laurent,  During-  his  minis- 
try of  five  years  he  had  the  comfortable  and  commodious 
parsonag-e  built,  and  purchased  ground  for  the  cemetery. 
Father  Laurent  remained  until  February,  1865,  when  he 
was  succeeded  by  Father  Hovin,  who  was  succeeded  by 
Father  Sullivan  During-  his  ministry  the  foundation  of  the 
new  church  was  commenced,  as  the  old  frame  church,  which 
had  been  used  for  the  past  ten  years,  was  found  too  small, 
and  removed  to  another  part  of  the  city,  where  it  is  used  by 
the  society  for  church  purposes  and  a  day  school. 

The  corner  stone  of  the  present  splendid  edifice  was 
laid  in  May,  1868,  with  appropriate  ceremonies  by  Bishop 


ST.   KKANCIS  XAVIKK  S    CHUKCH. 


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Juncker  of  the  Alton  diocese.  This  building1  was  dedicated 
July  4,  1871.  The  main  body  of  the  church  is  55x110  feet, 
and  is  built  in  the  early  English  style.  The  height  ot 
the  tower  from  the  pavement  is  140  feet.  It  has  the  most 
imposing"  location  of  any  building1  in  the  city,  It  seems  to  be 
standing1  in  the  middle  of  the  four  principal  thoroughfares 
coming  into  the  city  from  the  four  points  of  the  compass. 
The  church  has  a  seating  capacity  of  800  on  the  main  floor, 
and  250  in  the  gallery,  making  a  seating  capacity  of  1,050 
persons.  The  structure  was  planned  by  Wm,  Embly,  of 
this  city,  and  erected  in  the  best  of  workmanship  manner, 
at  the  cost  of  $25,000, 

Rev.  Father  Harty  succeeded  Father  Sullivan  in  Dec,, 
1868,  and  remained  here  about  thirty-two  years,  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  July  19,  1899, 

Rev.  Father  Fallen  succeeded  Father  Harty,  taking 
charge  August  1,  1899,  and  remains  with  us  to  this  day, 

EPISCOPAL  CHURCH  OF  JERSEYVILLE. 

In  April  1868,  the  Rev.  C.  S.  Abbott,  then  rector  of  St. 
Paul's  church,  Alton,  111.,  occasionally  held  services  in  Jer- 
seyville,  during  which  services,  there  were  seventeen  per  - 
sons  baptized,  and  five  confirmed.  Rev.  D.  W.  Dresser  also 
made  occasional  visits. 

The  membership  of  this  church  was  composed  of  Mary 
A.  Davenport,  Ann  Landon,  Cecilia  K.  Gibson,  Elizabeth  F. 
VanHorne,  Alice  L.  Titus,  Francis  A.  Knapp,  Allen  Marsh- 
all, Cornelia  Cockrell  and  Elizabeth  Coddington,  all  of  whom 
were  communicants  before  Jan,  1st,  1869. 

In  May,  1869,  the  Rev.  George  Gibson  was  commission- 
ed missionary  for  Jerseyville  and  Carrollton,  and  there  labor- 
ed for  two  years.  The  Rev.  H.  G.  Perry  shortly  followed 
and  served  for  about  two  years.  From  this  time,  for  about 
10  years  to  1879  services  were  almost  entirely  discontin- 
ued. 

In  Feb.  22,1879,  Right  Rev.  G.  F.  Seymour,  D.  D.,L.L. 


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D.,  appointed  Rev.  G.  W.  G.  Vanwinkle  from  New  York  City, 
to  take  charge  of  this  work  in  Jersey  ville  and  Carrollton, 
which  he  did.  On  the  22nd  day  of  April,  1879,  the  congre- 
gation met  and  a  petition  was  prepared  asking  to  be  organiz- 
ed as  a  mission.  This  was  sent  to  the  Bishop  in  May,  and 
the  Bishop  approving  the  action  appointed  the  following  nam- 
ed persons  as  officers,  which  names  were  respectfully  pro- 
posed by  the  congregation,  E.  L.  H.  Barry,  M.  D.,S.  W.;J.  G. 
Blish,  J.  W.;  H.  N.  Wyckoff,  T.;  John  Fox,  S.; 

On  the  6th  day  of  May,  1879,  the  Bishop  signed  a  certifi- 
cate signifying  his  consent  and  approval  and  making  the  ap- 
pointments of  the  officers  according  to  the  laws  of  the 
church. 

Immediately  after  this  action,  steps  were  taken  towards 
the  erection  of  a  house  of  worship,  which  soon  resulted  in  the 
cash  purchase  of  land  enough  on  which  to  build  a  church  ed- 
ifice and  rectory,  which  the  congregation  hoped  soon  to 
erect._ 

The  building  committee  was  composed  of  Dr.  E.  L.  H. 
Barry,  Charles  Catt,  John  Fox,  M.  E.  Bagley,  and  the  rector, 
Rev.  G.  W.  G.  Van  Winkle.  On  July  22,  1880,  with  appropri- 
ate ceremonies  the  corner  stone  of  the  new  edifice  was  laid. 
There  now  stands  a  neatly  constructed  brick  edifice,  beauti- 
fully located  on  East  Pearl  St.,  at  the  cost  of  $4,500. 

For  the  erection  of  this  church  building,  much  credit  is 
due  to  Dr.  E.  L.  H.  Barry,  for  the  skill,  and  devotion  he  had 
in  the  cause  of  its  erection.  June  2nd,  1881  this  new  church 
building  was  dedicated  with  appropriate  services  con- 
ducted by  Rev.  G.  P.  Betts,  of  the  Trinity  church,  St.  Louis, 
and  Rev.  T.  W.  Haskins,  Alton,  111.  and  Rev.  Wm.  Elener,  of 
Jacksonville,  assisting.  Among  the  Rectors  Rev.Wm.T. Wit- 
marsh,  Rev.  Mr.  Harrison.  Rev.  F.  W.  Cornell  gave  services 
through  1896;  Rev.  E.  D.  Irvine  came  in  March,  1897;  Rey.  H. 
A.  Stowell  came  in  March,  1901. 


GERMAN     EVANGELICAL    CHURCH    OF     PEACE. 

This  church  was  organized  in  1870,  with  the  following- 
officers:  • 

Charles  Jacobs,  president; 
William  Dopper,  vice-president; 
Henry  Brandt,  secretary; 
John  Boon,  treasurer. 

Its  charter  members  were:  Adolph  Bayer,  Chas.  Ruetter, 
Henry  Bayer,  Henry  F.  Bayer,  Wm.  Egelhoff,  Conrad  Bay- 
er, V.  Vellinger,  Henry  A.  Brandt,  Chas.  Jacobs,  Jacob 
Gammindinger,  Paul  Glohr,  John  Boon,  Jacob  Fryger,  Louis 
Grosseau  and  Wm.  Dopper. 

The  following1  have  been  the  pastors:  Revs.  Anton 
Michael,  Weissinger,  Fred  Eshenfeld,  Rieder,  Fred 
Schmale,  Edward  Wurst,  Nathaniel  Lehman,  E.  Durand, 

0.  Breuhaus,  A.   B.  Ballhorn,  and  A.  Hils,  who  was  the  last 
pastor.     Rev.  A.  Hils  began  his  labors  with  this  church  Oc- 
tober 1,    1898,  and   was  installed    Nov.    13,    1898,    by   Pastor 
Wm.  Hackman  of  Alton,  Illinois.     The  corner  stone  of   the 
present  house  of  worship  was  laid  Sept.  27,  1896.       The  res- 
ident   pastors    of    the  evangelical   churches   of    Jerseyville 
were  present  and  assisted    in    the   ceremonies,    viz:     Rev. 

1.  C.  Tyson,  of   the  Presbyterian  church;  Rev.  J.  J.    Porter, 
of  the  Baptist  church;  and  C.  Nash  of  the  M.  E.  church. 

The  present  house  of  worship  was  dedicated  March  14, 
1897.  The  dedicatory  sermon  was  preached  by  Rev.  A. 
Ballhorn,  assisted  by  Rev.  Reusch  of  Brighton,  111.;  Rev. 
Fred  Schmale  of  Nashville,  111.;  and  Rev.  W.  Hackman  of 
Alton,  111.  Cost  of  the  present  house  of  worship  was  $3,500. 

The  present  officers  are:  C.  C.  Borger,  president;  John 
Schneider,  vice-president;  Wm.  Brockman,  secretary;  and 
Fred  Schmidt,  treasurer.  At  present  the  church  is  without 
a  pastor. 

COLORED    BAPTIST    CHURCH. 

This  church  was  organized  in  the   year  1858,  by  Elder 


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James  H.  Johnson.  The  first  officers  were:  P.  S.  Brayden, 
W.  M.  Phillips,  and  Samuel  Evans,  trustees;  with  P.  S. 
Braden,  clerk,  and  W.  M.  Phillips,  treasurer. 

Among-  the  charter  members  were:  Cynthia  Brown, 
Henrietta  Johnson,  John  Barton,  America  Barton,  W.  M. 
Phillips  and  Samuel  Evans.  They  held  their  meeting's  for 
some  three  years  in  private  residences,  but  about  the  year 
1860,  the  present  church  building-  was  erected.  It  is  a  brick 
structure,  30x50  feet,  and  cost  $1,500. 

The  pastors  of  this  church  have  been:  Revs.  J.  H. 
Johnson,  Jackson  Robinson,  G.  M.  Davis,  L.  A.  Coleman,  J. 
W.  Jones,  S.  P.  Griswell,  Banjamin  Williams,  J  E.  Jackson, 
and  A.  W.  Collins.  Have  no  pastor  at  this  writing-,  1901. 

The  present  deacons  are  William  Swann  and  John 
Matthew,  and  Miss  Celia  Evans,  clerk.  Membership  is  30. 


REV.  JAY  A.  FORD. 


REV.  J.  G.  KLENE. 


KICV.   C.   15.    KKSSK. 


RKV.  M.  M.  COOPER. 


The  dlergy  of  Jersey vi lie,  Illinois. 


REV.    JOHN  G.  KLENE,  A.  B. 

Rev.  John  G.  Klene  was  born  at  Sparta,  Illinois,  and  be- 
fore he  was  two  years  of  age  removed  with  his  parents  to  a 
farm  in  Washing-ton  county,  Illinois,  where  he  resided  until 
he  was  almost  grown.  He  began  his  education  in  the  country 
school,  and  after  a  term  in  the  high  school,  taught  during1  the 
winters  of  '84  and  '85. 

In  the  fall  of  '86  he  re-entered  the  Sparta  high  school, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  June,  '88.  That  year  he  entered 
Monmonth  college  and  graduated  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in 
June,  '92.  Up  to  this  time  he  had  been  a  member  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  church  since  his  conversion,  but  now 
decided  to  change  his  ecclesiastical  relations,  and  entered 
McCormick  seminary,  Chicago,  to  prepare  himself  for  the 
ministry  in  the  Presbyterian  church. 

During  his  summer  vacation,  between  his  junior  and 
middle  years  in  the  seminary,  Mr.  Klene  supplied  the 
church  at  Nashville,  Illinois,  and,  between  the  middle  and 
senior  years,  the  church  at  Marion,  Iowa.  Mr.  Klene  gra- 
duated from  McCormick  Seminary  with  the  class  of  '95. 
Shortly  after  his  graduation  he  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Sarah  B.  Hood  of  Sparta,  Illinois.  Shortly  after  his 
marriage  he  accepted  the  position  of  supply,  for  one  year,  of 
the  Presbyterian  church  at  Deer  Lodge,  Montana.  Return- 
ing to  Illinois,  he  was  at  once  called  to  the  Presbyterian 
church  at  Belleville,  which  he  served  for  two  years.  That 
charge  was  resigned  to  accept  a  call  to  the  pastorate  of  the 
North  Presbyterian  church  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.  This  church 
he  served  for  three  years,  and  entered  upon  his  work  as 
pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Jerseyville,  April 
1,  1901.  He  was  installed  over  said  church,  May  1,  1901. 


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RKV.  J.  ARTHUR  FORD,  PH.  D., 

Born  in  Newark  Valley,  Tioga  county,  N.  Y.,  June  15, 
1850.  He  prepared  himself  for  the  profession  of  teacher  in 
the  Holly  Normal  School,  Holly,  Michigan.  He  began  his 
profession  as  teacher  at  Rosedale,  Mich.,  in  the  fall  of  1867, 
at  the  age  of  17  years. 

During  the  'following  three  winters  he  'was  principal  of 
the  schools  at  Smithfield,  Mich.,  and  in  the  summers  he 
studied  law  in  the  office  of  Byron  L.  Ransford,  Holly,  Mich. 

Alt  the  age  of  20,  in  the  year  1870,  he  entered  Colgate 
University  at  Hamilton,  N.  Y.  He  studied  there  for  three 
years,  until  1873.  Returning  to  Michigan,  he  passed  his 
legal  examination  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  the  fall  of 
1873.  He  then  returned  to  New  York  and  practiced  law  in 
the  city  of  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  until  1879.  He  then  sold  his 
law  practice  and  became  the  editor  of  the  Bay  City  Daily 
Tribune,'  of  Mich.,  the  successor  of  Hon.  A.  M.  Birney,  U. 
S.  Minister  to  the  Hague,  under  appointment  of  President 
Garfield.  He  afterwards  became  editor  of  the  "Saginaw 
Daily  Herald,"  and  while  editor  of  that  paper,  preparing  the 
city  ministers'  sermons  for  the  press,  he  began  to  contem- 
plate his  need  of  salvation.  Being  fully  convicted  thereof,  he 
at  once  sought,  with  all  his  heart,  and  found  his  Savior. 

Returning  again 'to  New  York,  he  spent  a  year  in  the 
Y.  M.  Cl  A.  work.  In  January,  1882,  he  was  baptized  and 
united  with  the  First  Baptist  church  of  Maine,  Broone  Co., 
N.-Y. 

In  1883,  he  moved  to  Hamilton,  N.  Y.,  and  took  his  theo- 
logical course  in  Hamilton  Theological  Seminary,  graduat- 
ing in  June,  1885. 

Immediately  after  graduating,  he  received  a  call  from 
the  First  Baptist  church  of  Frankfort,  N.  Y. 

In  .1888,  he  became  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  church  at 
Battle  Creek,  Mich.  In  1896,  he  accepted  the  pastorate  of 
the  First  Baptist,  church  at  Lincoln,,Ill. 


REV.  P.  FALLON. 


Of  THf 

univwsirv  or 


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January  1,  1900,  he  accepted  a  call  from  the  Baptist 
church  at  Jerseyville,  111.,  where  he  now  remains  as  pastor. 

REV.  C.  B.  BESSK,  D.  D. 

Rev.  C.  B.  Besse,  D.  D.,  was  born  in  Jefferson,  Lincoln 
County,  Maine,  June  3rd,  1841.  Here  he  spent  his  childhood 
and  youth,  securing-  the  fundamentals  of  an  education  in  vil- 
lage, and  occasional  private  schools.  He  commenced  teach- 
ing- in  the  country  schools  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  at  which 
he  continued  for  four  years,  when  he  entered  Lincoln  Aca- 
demy at  New, Castle,  Maine,  to  prepare  for  College. 

In  1864  he  entered  Bowdoin  College,  Brunswick,  Me.,  from 
which  he  was  compelled  to  retire  before  graduation  on  ac- 
count of  failing  health.  After  more  than  a  year  of  persistent 
but  unsuccessful  effort  to  regain  his  health,  so  as  to  resume 
his  college  course,  in  great  depression  of  spirit,  disapoint- 
ment  at  the  miscarriage  of  his  life  plans  he  sought  the  con- 
solations of  religion.  There  is  a  history  here  which  the  nec- 
essary brevity  of  this  sketch  compels  us  to  omit. 

In  the  month  of  May,  1867,  after  weeks  of  sorrowful 
seeking,  a  great  peace  came  into  his  soul,  and,  in  response  to 
the  call  of  God  and  the  church,  he  preached  his  first  sermon 
in  June,  just  five  weeks  after  his  conversion.  In  1868  he  was 
sent  by  his  Presiding  Elder  to  serve  the  M.  E.  Church  in 
China,  Maine.  In  1869  he  was  received  on  trial  into  the  East 
Maine  Conference.  In  1871  he  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bish- 
op E.  R.  Ames.  In  1873  he  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop 
L.  W.  Wiley.  In  this  conference  he  continued  till  1888,  serv- 
ing the  following  charges:  China,  Pittston,  Dexter,  Rock- 
land,  Vassalboro,  Bucksport,  Orrington,  Bangor  and  Thom- 
as ton. 

In  1888  he  was  transferred  by  Bishop  Warren  to  the  Ark- 
ansas Conference,  and  stationed  at  Main  Street  M.E.Church, 
Little  Rock.  Here  in  1889,  he  received  his  tittle  of  D.  D. 
from  the  Fort  Worth  University.  In  1890  he  was  transfer- 
red By  Bishop  Thomas  Bowman  to  Southern  Illinois  confer- 


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ence  and  stationed  at  Effingham.  He  has  since  served  the 
churches  at  Vandalia  and  Carbondale;  and  was  appointed  to 
Jerseyville  by  Bishop  W.  X.  Ninde,  Oct.,  1900,  where  he  is 
still  to  be  found  in  labors  abundant. 

REV.  FRANCIS  A.  MARKS. 

Born  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  June  28,  1859.  In  the  year  of 
1861,  when  about  two  years  old,  he  removed  with  his  parents 
to  Breese,  Clinton  county,  111.  Here  he  receiyed  his  com- 
mon school  education.  In  the  fall  of  1872,  he  entered  the  St. 
Francis  Seminary,  near  Milwaukee,  Wis.  Here  he  remain- 
ed in  the  seminary  until  1878.  From  there  he  went  to  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio,  for  one  year.  From  there  to  St.  Minard,  Spen- 
cer Co.,  Ind.,  remaining1  there  until  the  spring  of  1883.  Or- 
dained to  the  priesthood  May  20th,  1883,  at  Breese,  Illinois. 
He  was  temporarily  stationed  at  Chester,  111.,  when  on  Thaks- 
giving  day  1883  he  arrived  in  Jerseyville,  111.,  where  he  has  ev- 
er since,  and  is  now  the  pastor  of  the  church  ot  the  Holy 
Ghost. 

RKV.  PATRICK  FALLON, 

Was  born  in  Montreal,  Can.,  Aug.  27,  1858.  Received  his 
early  education  in  the  Christian  Brothers'  school  in  Montre- 
al. Entered  the  Montreal  college  September,  1874,  and  re- 
mained there  until  1879.  He  entered  the  Seminary  of  Phil- 
osophy in  1879,  and  began  his  studies  in  the  Seminary  of 
Theology,  Sept.,  1881,  and  graduated  there  Dec.,  1884. 

He  was  ordained  to  the  priesthood  Dec.  20,  1884. 

Began  the  ministry  as  a  substitute  at  Litchfield,  111.,  Jan. 
1st  to  April,  1885. 

From  Litchfield  he  became  pastor  at  Murrayville,  111., 
from  May,  1885  to  May,  1887. 

Next,  pastor  of  St.  Patrick's  church,  Alton,  111.,  from 
May,  1887,  to  Jan.,  1897.  From  .Alton,  111.,  he  went  to  Mon- 
treal, Can.,  from  Jan.  1897,  to  Aug  1899. 

Aug.  1st,  1899,  he  became  pastor  of  St.  Francis  Xavier's 
church,  Jerseyville,  111.,  where  he  remains  pastor  to  the  pres- 
ent time,  1901. 


KICV.    FRANCIS  A.    MARKS. 


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REV.  STEPHEN  CATT. 

Born  in  Rotherfield,  County  of  Sussex,  England,  April 
10,  1844.  Youngest  son  of  Jas.  and  Harriette  Catt,  (nee  Har- 
mon); came  to  the  United  States,  arriving-  at  the  city  of  New 
York,  May  18,  1861. 

He  entered  the  United  States  service  Nov.  24,  1863,  in 
Company  F.,  4th  Regiment  Illinois  Cavalry  Volunteers.  He 
was  honorably  discharged  on  the  29th  day  of  August,  1865, 
by  order  of  the  Surgeon  General  Department,  at  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. 

Rev.  Catt  received  his  early  education  in  England  in 
private  and  public  schools;  attended  public  schools  near  Jer- 
seyville  in  the  winters  of  1861-2.  He  was  licensed  to  preach 
by  the  Jerseyville  Baptist  church  Jan.  30,  1876;  was  ordained 
at  the  Baptist  church  in  Jerseyville,  June  26,  1879,  by  the  fol- 
lowing council:  Revs.  B.  B.  Hamilton,  moderator.  C.  E. 
Taylor,  A.  Dodson,  J.  W.  Place,  J.  E.  Roberts,  and  John 
Costley. 

Rev.  Catt  was  for  eleven  years  missionary  of  the  Carroll- 
ton  Baptist  Association,  and  during  that  time  built  the 
churches  at  Roodhouse,  Palmyra  and  Greenfield.  During 
that  period  he  added  to  the  churches  of  Carrollton  Associa- 
tion about  ten  per  cent  of  their  membership  through  his  mis- 
sionary labors. 

REV.  M.  M.  COOPER. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Kane,  Greene 
county,  111.,  July  15,  1838.  When  about  three  years  old  his 
father  and  mother  agreed  that  he  should  be  the  adopted 
child  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  E.  Cooper.  Agreeable  to  their 
covenant,  Mr.  and  Mrs,  Cooper,  by  an  act  of  the  Legislature 
of  the  State  of  Illinois,  he  became  their  adopted  child  and 
heir  at  law. 

He  received  his  early  education  in  the  common  schools 
near  his  home,  and  in  the  winters  of  1858-9,  he  attended  a 
young  men's  Academy,  held  in  the  upper  room  of  the  Hall  of 


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the   Sons  of  Temperance,   taught  by  Rev.    Mr.  Gilford,   a 
Presbyterian  preacher. 

In  the  fall  of  1859  he  entered  Shurtleff  College  where  he 
took  a  classical  course,  remaining-  until  1865.  He  spent  the 
ten  following1  years  teaching-.  He  taught  four  schools  in 
Litchfield,  111.;  was  principal  of  the  schools  at  Pocahontas 
and  Oconee,  111. 

In  1874,  he  was  received  as  a  licentiate  into  the  Presby- 
tery of  St.  Louis.  In  1875,  he  was  ordained  at  Nashville, 
111.,  by  the  Presbytery  of  Cairo,  while  pastor  of  the  Presby- 
terian church  of  Pinckneyville,  111.  He  has  been  pastor  and 
stated  supply  for  twenty  five  years,  besides  teaching-  ten 
years. 

REV.  CALOWAY  NASH,  A.  M.,  D.  D. 

Rev.  Caloway  Nash,  A.  M.,  D.  D.,  was  born  in  Clay  born 
Co.,  Tenn.,  March  18,  1840.  Brought  up  on  the  farm  and  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  common  schools  of  his  coun- 
ty, and  at  Walnut  Grove  Academy  near  Knoxville,  Tenn. 
Entered  Shurtleff  College  in  1863,  and  was  there  two 
years. 

Received  into  the  Southern  Illinois  Conference  of  the  M. 
E.  church  in  1865.  He  was  first  assistant  pastor  in  charge  of 
the  Edwardsville  circuit  for  one  year. 

His  second  charge  was  the  Brighton  circuit,  where  he 
labored  two  years.  Afterwards  pastor  at  Upper  Alton,  Ed- 
wardsville, Centralia,  Fairfield  and  Mt.  Vernon.  Follow- 
ing these  labors,  he  was  Presiding  Elder  four  years  of  the 
Mt.  Vernon  District. 

Afterwards  pastor  at  Carboiidale,  Mt.  Car m  el,  Olney, 
and  Jerseyville;  at  this  place,  on  account  of  failing  health,  he 
took  a  superannuated  relation,  but  his  health  has  so  far  im- 
proved as  to  enable  him  to  be  active  in  the  ministry  among 
country  and  village  churches  of  his  vicinity. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  Pinckard  of  Alton,  111., 
May  16th,  1886.  Of  the  eight  children  born  to  them  only 
three  remain,  viz.,  Clara  L.,  Henry  Raymond,  and  Albert 
Earl. 


1  Mrs.  Nellie  M.  Templeton,    2  Charles    M.  Cooper.    3  Mrs.   V.  E.  Cooper.  4  Rev.     Wm.  Carl 
Cooper.  5  Rev.  M.  M.  Cooper.  6  Mrs.  M.  K.  Wade.  7  Mrs.  Sara   C.  Cooper.  8  Mrs.  Hattie  Cooper 


Crawford. 


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Brother  Nash  joined  the  Union  army  May,  1864  and  was 
honorably  discharged  Sept.,  1864. 

He  belonged  to  company  D.  of  the  133  111.  Infantry, 
made  up  principally  of  students  from  Shurtleff  College. 

He  is  an  enthusiastic  member  of  T.  S.  Bowers  Post,  G. 
A.  R.,  of  Mt.  Carmel,  111. 


The  Newspapers  of  $erseyville, 


"THE    BACKWOODSMAN. 

The  first  newspaper  published  in  Jerseyville  was  called 
the  "Backwoodsman."  It  was  first  published  in  Grafton, 
111.,  in  1837,  and  was  the  first  paper  published  in  Jersey 
county.  It  was  purchased  by  a  joint  stock  company  and 
moved  to  Jerseyville,  and  pulished  by  A.  S.  Tilden  in  the 
spring-  of  1840.  Tilden  subsequently  retired,  and  Messrs. 
Fletcher  and  Parenteau  secured  control  of  the  paper  and 
changed  its  name  to  that  of  the  "Newspaper."  After  the 
publication  of  it  for  three  months,  the  office  burned  and  the 
paper  was  never  again  revived. 

"PRAIRIK    STATE." 

The  second  paper  published  in  Jerseyville  was  called  the 
"Prairie  State,"  in  1848.  It  was  also  removed  from  Graf- 
ton;  Mr.  Conklin  was  editor  and  proprietor.  It  was  an  in- 
dependent paper.  In  1852,  Augustus  C.  Smith,  editor,  and 
Abner  C.  Hinton  were  connected  with  it  only  a  few  months. 
The  "Prairie  State"  was  next  purchased  by  a  stock  com- 
pany, with  A.  C.  Clayton  as  editor.  In  1860  its  politics  was 
changed  from  an  independent,  into  a  Republican  paper,  and 
in  the  presidential  campaign  of  1860,  it  warmly  supported 
Abraham  Lincoln.  In  1862  Charles  Williams  became  editor, 
and  during  his  administration  the  office  burned  and  the  pub- 
lication never  resumed. 

"JERSEY  COUNTY  DEMOCRAT." 

The  first  Democratic  paper  ever  published  in  Jersey- 
ville was  the  "Democratic  Union"  in  1854,  by  Thos.  Wright. 
He  left  Jerseyville  in  1856,  and  the  publication  of  the  paper 
stopped,  but  in  the  following  year,  1857,  the  publication  was 
revived  by  H.  H.  Howard,  who,  in  1858,  was  succeeded  by 


1  E.  B.  Roach,  2  J.  M.  Page,  proprietor;  3  Harriet  Randolph. 
JERSEY    COUNTY  DEMOCRAT. 


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John  C.  Doblebower  who  continued  the  publication  of  the 
"Democratic  Union"  until  early  in  the  year  1865,  when  the 
office  was  bought  by  a  stock  company  and  the  name  of  the 
paper  was  changed  to  "Jersey  County  Democrat,"  with 
August  Smith  as  editor.  The  paper  remained  under  his 
management  until  the  year  1866,  when  the  stock  company 
was  dissolved,  with  Thomas  J.  Selby,  editor  and  proprietor. 

In  October,  1869,  Mr,  Selby  disposed  of  the  paper  to  A. 
A.  Wheelock  and  L.  L.  Burr.  In  September,  1870,  J.  A.  J. 
Birdsall  and  J.  I.  McGready  became  proprietors.  Birdsall 
was  connected  with  the  paper  for  one  year,  while  McGready 
continued  its  publication  for  about  nine  years. 

In  October,  1880,  J.  M,  Page  bought  the  "Jersey  County 
Democrat"  of  Jesse  I.  McGready,  who  had  been  its  editor 
about  ten  years,  and,  on  being  elected  circuit  clerk,  sold  it. 

On  November  11,  1880,  appeared  the  first  issue  of  the 
"Jersey  County  Democrat, "  with  J.  M.  Page  as  editor  and 
proprietor. 

In  September,  1898,  the  "Daily  Democrat"  was  first  is- 
sued, and  continues  to  be  issued  up  to  the  present  time,  1901. 

"JERSEYVILLE  REPUBLICAN." 

In  1863,  the  "Jerseyville  Republican"  was  established 
by  a  stock  company,  with  E.  V.  Haughawaut  as  editor,  who 
conducted  the  paper  only  through  the  presidential  campaign 
of  '64.  He  was  succeeded  by  George  P.  Smith,  who  had 
charge  for  only  a  brief  time.  Chapin  and  Glover  had  charge 
of  the  paper  for  only  a  short  time,  when  it  passed  into  the 
hands  of  Wm.  H.  Edgar.  Mr.  Edgar  was  an  able  and  suc- 
cessful editor  and  his  paper  obtained  a  popular  and  influen- 
tial position.  It  had  been  identified  with  every  aggressive 
movement,  having  a  devoted  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the 
country,  and  was  widely  read  and  circulated. 

In  1891,  Frank  Ladd  bought  the  "Jerseyville  Republi- 
can" from  Abe  Locke,  and  in  1895  sold  out  to  J.  W.  Becker, 
who,  up  to  the  present  time, 1901,  has  been  its  efficient  editor. 


—so— 

"JKRSEYVILLE  EXAMINER." 

The  "Examiner"  was  established  in  Jerseyville  in  1878, 
and  the  first  issue  appeared  August  12,  '78.  A  stock  com- 
pany was  formed,  known  as  the  "Jerseyville  Publishing- 
Company,"  composed  of  Morris  R.  Locke,  Win.  McBride, 
Horace  N.  Belt,  James  A.  Barr  and  Wm.  H.  Pogue.  The 
paper  was  a  five  column  quarto,  issued  Wednesdays,  with 
J.  Sterling  Harper  as  editor.  The  "Examiner"  was  an  un- 
compromising advocate  for  the  temperance  cause,  and  con- 
tinued so  to  the  last.  The  following  is  a  part  of  the  saluta- 
tory of  the  first  issue  of  the  "Examiner:" 

"Here  we  are  in  Jerseyville,  to  work  for  the  temperance 
cause.  The  paramount  subject  is  temperance,  and  in  regard 
to  it,  the  people  are  interested  generally.  The  prohibition 
of  the  liquor  traffic  would  be  one  of  the  greatest  blessings  of 
the  age.  The  "Examiner"  will  teach  this  wholesome  doc- 
trine, and  endeavor,  by  all  honorable  means,  to  obtain  a 
hearty  endorsement  from  the  people  of  Jersey  county*  and 
elsewhere,  and  especially  in  the  city  of  Jerseyville  do  we  ask 
a  hearty  co-operation." 

Where  is  the  paper  that  dares  to  advocate  such  senti- 
ments now?  If  a  good  thing  then,  why  not  now? 

With  the  issue  of  November  27,  1878,  the  "Examiner" 
was  leased  by  the  editor,  Mr.  Harper,  who  continued  to  is- 
sue the  paper  two  weeks  when  he  withdrew  entirely.  From 
the  pen  of  Morris  R.  Locke  in  the  issue  of  Dec.  llth,  this 
salutatory  was  written: 

"By  direction  of  the  Jerseyville  Publishing  Company,  I 
assume  editorial  management  of  the  "Examiner."  I  shall 
hew  to  the  line  of  Prohibition,  as  announced  by  that  party, 
believing  that  an  ounce  of  prevention  is  better  than  a  pound 
of  cure.  The  news  of  the  county  and  the  day  will  be  given. 
To  our  friends  I  would  say,  be  of  good  cheer;  to  the  oppo- 
sition, come  thou  along  with  us,  and  we  will  do  thee  good." 

The  paper  was  continued  under  this  management  until 
its  consolidation  with  the  Republican,  Sept.  10,  1880. 


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« 

"JERSKYVILLE    REGISTER." 

This  paper  was  established  in  the  early  part  of  Novem- 
ber, 1865,  by  Frederick  S.  Haughawaut,  editor  and  proprie- 
tor. It  was  a  seven  column  folio,  all  printed  in  Jerseyville  at 
$2.00  per  year. 

Mr.  Haughawaut  continued  the  publication  ot  the  "Re- 
gister" until  the  year  1867,  when  he  disposed  of  it  to  L. 
Williams,  familiarly  known  as  "Yank,"  who  soon  afterwards 
removed  to  Topeka,  Kan.,  and  his  son  Charles  F.,  leased  the 
office  and  became  its  editor  and  publisher. 

In   October,  1868,  the  office  was  advertised  for  sale  and 
was  purchased  by  Col.  G.  P.  Smith,  of  the  Jacksonville  Jour- 
nal, who  established  the   "Jerseyville  Republican." 
"REPUBLICAN-EXAMINER.  " 

The  first  issue  of  the  Republican-Examiner  was  by 
Messrs.  Wm.  H.  Edgar  and  Morris  R.  Locke,  Sept.  10,  1880, 
in  a  five  column  quarto,  in  which  form  it  continued  under  the 
firm  name  of  Edgar  &  Locke.  Mr  Edgar  was  former  editor 
of  the  Repulican,  and  Mr.  Locke  former  editor  of  the  Exam- 
iner. The  firm  of  Edgar  &  Locke  continued  until  Jan.  12, 
1885,  when  Mr.  Locke  retired  and  was  succeeded  by  Frank 
M.  Roberts. 

In  March  following,  1885,  another  chang-e  occurred  in 
the  manag-ement  of  the  "Republican-Examiner."  Wm.  H. 
Edgar,  who  for  16  years  of  continual  editorial  labor,  retired, 
giving-  place  to  Wm.  H.  Hedley.  In  the  issue  of  March  27, 
1885,  are  found  Mr.  Edgar's  farewell  words  to  his  patrons 
and  friends.  For  want  of  space  I  cannot  insert  those  beau- 
tiful parting  words.  From  this  date  the  firm  name  was 
Roberts  &  Hedley,  editors  and  proprietors. 

"JERSEYVILLE  EVENING  TIMES." 

The  first  issue  of  the  "Evening-  Times"  appeared  May 
25,  1885,  in  a  five  column  folio.  It  was  established  by  Messrs. 
J.  A.  Walker  and  J.  A.  Blennerhassett,  both  being-  pi'actical 
printers,  and  are  yet  working  at  the  trade.  Their  paper 


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was  devoted  to  the  interests  of  Jersey  ville  and  Jersey  county. 

July  13,  1885,  the  paper  was  changed  to  a  morning1  pub- 
lication, being-  heretofore  published  in  the  evening1. 

August  17,  1885,  Mr.  J.  A.  Blennerhassett  retired  from 
the  firm,  and  Mr.  Walker,  after  publishing"  it  some  time, 
sold  the  paper. 

"DAILY  AND  WEEKLY  JOURNAL." 

The  Daily  and  Weekly  Journal,  a  democratic  paper,  was 
established  by  John  J.  Smith  in  1893.  In  the.fall  of  '95,  he 
sold  to  W.  E.  Carlin  and  A.  F.  Ely,  who  sold  the  plant  to  J. 
M.  Page  in  September,  1896,  who  discontinued  its  publica- 
tion. 

"REPUBLICAN  CALL." 

Published  daily  and  weekly  by  Adolphus  H.  Rue,  in  the 
interests  of  the  Republican  party.  It  was  first  issued  dur- 
ing the  campaign  of  Harrison  and  Cleveland  in  1888,  and  con- 
tinued about  two  years. 

"WESTERN  FARMER," 

Issued  by  Frank  Malott  for  about  a  year,  afterwards 
ceased  publication. 

"JERSEYVILLE    INDEPENDENT." 

This  paper  was  removed  from  Grafton  to  Jerseyville  in 
November,  1880,  by  R.  R.  Claridge,  who  sold  it  to  L.  T. 
Waggoner  and  A.  M.  Slaten  in  1882.  During  that  year  it 
was  purchased  by  Chas.  H.  Kelly,  of  Elsah,  who  continued 
its  publication  till  1885,  when  it  was  succeeded  by  the  "Free 
Press,"  with  E.  T,  Lurton  and  R.  E.  Smith  as  publishers. 


The  TPresent  Editors. 


JOSKPH    M.    PAGE, 

Was  born  in  Stoughton,  Mass,,  May  20,  1845.  His  fath- 
er died  when  he  was  only  three  years  of  age,  which  made  the 
responsibilities  of  life  rest  heavily  on  mother  and  children. 
He  received  a  good  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Stoughton,  graduating  an  the  age  of  16  years. 

At  the  breaking  out  ol  the  civil  war  he  offered  his  life  a 
siicrifice  to  his  country  by  attempting  to  enlist  in  the  12th 
Massachusetts  Inf.  Vol.,  and  also  in  the  35th  Massachusetts 
Inf.  Vol.,  but  on  account  of  extreme  youth  he  was  rejected, 
to  his  bitter  disappointment. 

At  the  age  of  18  years,  in  the  spring  of  1863,  he  turned 
his  face  westward,  where  we  soon  find  him  working  on  a 
farm  near  Greenville,  Bond  county,  111.  Finding  farming  a 
little  too  slow  for  the  young  man,  we  soon  find  him  in  St. 
Louis,  employed  in  a  large  wholesale  grocery  store,  where 
he  hustled  for  some  time. 

The  third  time,  Aug.,  1864,  he  offered  his  services  to  his 
country  and  was  accepted,  and  enlisted  in  the  40th  Missou- 
ri Reg.  Vol..  where  he  served  until  the  close  of  the  war 
and  was  honorably  dischared  in  August,  1865. 

In  the  spring  of  1866  we  find  him  in  Jerseyville,  a  penni- 
niless  stranger,  25  cents  being  his  financial  capital.  He  im- 
meditely  apprenticed  himself  to  Wm.  Embly  for  three  years 
for  $100  per  year  and  board,  and  at  the  end  of  six  months, 
Mr.  Embly  discontinued  the  carpenter  trade,  and,  following 
architecture  only,  hired  out  Mr.  Page  to  "Nick"  Smith  for 
$15.00  per  week,  while  young  Page  resolutely  kept  his  ori- 
ginal contract  with  Mr.  Embly  for  $2.00  per  week  for  the  re- 
maining two  and  one-half  years.  At  the  expiration  of  the 


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three  years'  engagement  with  Mr.  Embly,  Mr.  Smith  em- 
ployed Mr.  Page  at  $18.00  per  week,  and  made  him  his  fore- 
man, and  he  continued  carpentering  till  the  summer  of  1877, 
when  he  was  appointed  city  marshal,  which  office  he  held 
four  years,  resigning  in  October,  1880,  when  he  purchased 
the  Jersey  County  Democrat. 

In  1881  he  was  elected  city  clerk  and  treasurer,  which 
office  he  held  five  years,  and  in  1887  was  elected  mayor  and 
re-elected  three  times,  refusing  to  serve  more  than  4  years, 
the  term  of  office  of  mayor  at  that  time  being  but  one  year. 

While  he  was  mayor  the  waterworks  system  was  inaug- 
urated and  completed,  also  the  electric  light  system,  and  on 
his  retiring  from  the  mayoralty  he  organized  and  pushed  to 
completion  the  Jerseyville  Telephone  Company,  which  now 
covers  the  entire  county. 

In  1880,  he  purchased  the  Jersey  County  Democrat,  of 
which  he  is  still  the  editor  and  proprietor. 

For  the  past  13  years  he  has  been  secretary  of  the  Illi- 
nois Press  Association,  and  for  12  years  corresponding  sec- 
retary of  the  National  Editorial  Association,  both  of  which 
positions  he  still  fills. 

He  is  master  in  chancery,  having  held  the  office  for  14 
years. 

In  1897,  he  organized  "The  Cold  Spring  Gold  Mining 
and  Tunnel  Company,"  with  a  paid  up  capital  of  $2,500,000, 
and  which  owns  420  acres  of  mineral  landsin  Boulder  Co.,  Col. 
These  properties  are  now  being  developed  and  are  produc- 
ing rich  outputs.  Mr.  Page  is  secretary  and  manager  of  the 
Company,  with  office  in  Jerseyville. 

On  March  17,  1871,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Sadie 
Remer,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Abram  Remer,  of 
Jerseyville.  They  have  one  son,  Theodore  S.,  a  practicing 
physician  in  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

JOSEPH   W.  BECKER. 

Born  on  a  farm,  near  Silver  Creek  post-office,  Calhoun 
county,  Illinois,  January  6,  1865.  Worked  on  his  father's 


1  Mrs.  Maggie  Becker.    2  Nellie,    a  Grace,    4  .T.  W.  Keeker. 


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farm,  attending-  school  during1  the  winter  months,  until  he 
commenced  teaching-  in  1884. 

In  1883-4  he  attended  the  Central  Wesleyan  College  at 
Warrenton,  Mo.,  borrowing-  the  money  necessary  from  an 
older  brother.  He  also  attended  the  Illinois  State  Normal, 
at  Normal,  for  a  short  time  in  1886. 

After  teaching-  for  seven  years  he  established  a  Repub- 
lican newspaper,  "The  Leader,"  at  Hardin,  111.,  in  April, 
1891,  Calhoun  county  being  without  a  Republican  paper  at 
that  time.  While  in  the  newspaper  work,  he  was  solicited 
to  become  principal  of  the  Hardin  school,  which  position  he 
filled  for  two  years,  ending-  with  the  spring-  of  1895. 

In  December,  1894,  he  sold  the  "Leader,  and  in  April, 
1895,  became  editor  and  publisher  of  the  "Jerseyville  Repub- 
lican." 

In  1889,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Mag-gie  Cloning-er,  of 
Summit  Grove,  Calhoun  county.  They  have  two  daug-hters, 
Grace  and  Nellie. 


Early  Schools  and  Teachers. 


The  first  school  taught  in  Jerseyville  was  by  Irvin  Little, 
in  the  Old  Red  House,  in  the  winter  of  1834-5.  He  soon  ex- 
changed the  hazel  for  the  hoe  as  the  more  profitable. 

The  second  teacher  was  the  venerable  John  Adams  of 
Jacksonville,  111.,  a  man,  it  is  said,  who  has  taught  more  boys 
than  any  man  in  the  United  States,  having  been  for  many 
years  a  teacher  in  many  of  the  best  Academies  in  New  Eng- 
land. He  taught  here  in  1836.  He  taught  the  first  school 
in  the  old  school  house  which  was  built  in  1836,  on  land  do- 
nated for  school  purposes  by  A.  H.  Burrett.  The  house 
measured  20x24  feet,  and  stood  on  land  now  in  Capt.  John 
Smith's  yard,  on  Spruce  and  Jefferson  streets. 

The  third  teacher  in  Jerseyville  was  Prof.  Penuel  Cor- 
bett,  who  came  to  Jersey  ville  with  his  family  in  1838,  and  be- 
gan at  once  teaching  in  the  old  school  house  formerly  occu- 
pied by  Mr.  Adams.  Mr.  Corbett  taught  for  many  years  in 
Jerseyville,  and  will  be  long  and  favorably  remembered  by 
many  of  our  older  citizens. 

George  I.  Foster  began  teaching  in  the  winter  of  1849, 
and  taught  for  about  15  years,  both  private  and  public 
schools. 

Willard  Guernsey  taught  for  several  years  mostly,  or 
entirely,  in  the  40's. 

George  Crego  also  taught  for  some  years,  mostly  in  the 
40 's. 

James  Newman  taught  in  what  was  known  as  the  Guern- 
sey school  house,  which  is  now  occupied  as  a  residence, 
standing  on  Washington  st.  between  Pine  and  Mulberry 
streets.  He  taught  mostly  in  the  50 's. 

Sprague  White  also  taught  for  a  short  time  som  ewhere 
about  1855-6. 


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PENUEL    CORBKTT     SCHOOL. 

A  graduate  of  Harvard  University  in  1817,  Mr.  Corbett 
came  to  Jerseyville  with  his  family  in  1838,  and  began  teach- 
ing- school  in  the  first  school  house  built  in  Jerseyville,  which 
was  in  1836.  The  old  school  house  stood  in  the  lot  now  own- 
ed and  occupied  by  Capt.  John  Smith,  on  Spruce  and  Jeffer- 
son streets.  After  teaching-  here  for  a  number  of  years,  he 
went  South  where  he  taug-ht  for  a  number  of  years;  return- 
ing1, he  resumed  teaching-  in  the  new  brick  school  house 
erected  in  1853.  Mr.  Corbett  died  May  1,  1878,  in  his  90th 
year.  He  resided  in  Jerseyville  40  years,  devoting-  most  of 
his  years  to  teaching.  He  will  never  be  forgotten  by  the 
citizens  who  were  his  pupils.  "He  rests  from  his  labors, 
but  his  works  do  follow  him." 

MISS    VIRGINIA    CORBETT 'S    SCHOOL. 

A  graduate  of  Monticello  in  1847.  Immediately  after 
graduation,  she  taught  In  the  Seminary  for  two  years.  Re- 
turning to  Jerseyville,  she  opened  a  select  school  for  young 
ladies  in  the  Seminary  building  erected  by  Miss  Farley,  es- 
pecially for  Miss  Corbett's  school.  Here  Miss  Corbett 
taught  for  seven  and  one-half  years,  closing  in  the  spring  of 
1856.  Miss  Virginia  Corbett  afterwards  married  Mr.  Isaac 
Harbert,  who  died  in  Jerseyville,  111.,  in  September,  1872. 
Mrs.  Harbert  still  remains  with  us,  living  on  West  Pearl 
street. 

MRS.  SUSAN  HENDERSON  CUTTING'S  SCHOOL. 

In  the  year  1857  Mrs.  Cutting  founded  a  school  known  as 
the  "Jerseyville  Young  Ladies' Seminary,"  which  she  con- 
ducted as  a  private  enterprise  until  1869,  about  twelve  years, 
employing  in  her  corps  of  teachers  the  best  talent  she  could 
obtain  in  the  East  and  West.  Instruction  was  given  in  com- 
mon and  higher  English  branches,  with  Latin  and  French, 
painting,  drawing,  vocal  and  instrumental  music.  Mrs. 
Cutting  labored  and  sacrificed  much  through  her  school,  to 
bless  and  refine  every  home  represented  in  her  school. 


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In  her  catalogue  published  in  1861-2,  I  find  the  follow- 
ing- Board  of  Instruction: 

Mrs.  L.  M.    Cutting1,    principal; 

Miss  Jennie  V.  A.  Vosburch,  teacher  of  French  and  Latin; 
"     Harriett  M.    Henderson,  principal  of   primary  depr't; 
"     A.  Maria  Blackburn,  teacher  of  music  on  piano; 
"     Ella  V.  McGannon,  teacher  of  vocal  music  and   piano. 

Students  in  advanced  department:  Cornelia  F.  Bow- 
man, Kate  Beatty,  Emma  J.  Blackburn,  Josephine  Bramlet, 
Mary  J.  Brown,  Georg-iana  Bonnell,  Mollie  E.  Blackburn, 
Mary  A.  Barr,  Sarah  M.  Christopher,  Sarah  Cory,  Jennie 
M.  Carr,  Mollie  N.  Cross,  Addie  S.  Corbett,  Mollie  R.  Conk- 
liri,  Mary  E.  Dunsdon,  Mary  C.  Dobelbower,  Ella  Davis, 
Mary  A.  English,  Jennie  M.  French,  Mary  E.  L.  Herdman, 
Mary  Hurd,  Fannie  Hesser,  Hattie  C  Henderson,  Annie  E. 
Howell,  Kate  McKinney,  M.  Jennie  Kirby,  Carry  Lerue, 
Lenora  A,  Landon,  Mary  Landon,  Fannie  M.  McGill,  Anna 
May  McGannon,  Hattie  Nevius,  Mollie  Nevms,  Anna  Maria 
Penningfton,  Fannie  M.  Paris,  Anna  M.  Pittman,  Hattie  A. 
Paris,  Emily  J.  Peairs,  Josephine  Price,  Anna  Rue,  Henri- 
etta Remer,  Martha  M.  Snell,  Clara  J.  Snell,  LucyJ.  Snell, 
Eunice  M.  Seward,  Hanna  M.  Seward,  Henrietta  Seward, 
Sarah  J.  Smith,  Martha  Stelle,  Josephine  Smith,  Mollie  B. 
Stryker,  Emma  Terry,  Julia  Tichnor,  Lizzie  Van  Pelt,  Ab- 
bie  Voorhees,  S.  Allice  Wyche,  Hattie  S.  Warren,  Nellie  J. 
Wyckoff,  Anna  M.  Williams,  Charlotte  A.  Williams,  Mary 
Jane  Wharton,  Lizzie  A.  Wyckoff. 

Government:  This  is  parental.  The  Principal  endeav- 
ors to  make  the  Golden  Rule  her  guide  in  the  general  super- 
vision, and  control  of  all.  A  conscientous  regard  for  right 
is  inculcated  in  the  minds  of  the  pupils,  each  reporting1  daily 
his  own  violations,  if  any,  of  the  rules. 

Mrs.  Cutting's  death  was  a  sorrow  to  all  who  knew  her, 
and  her  funeral  services  were  held  at  the  Presbyterian 
church,  June  6,  1890,  Rev.  I.  C.  Tyson  officiating-,  Besides 
the  family  and  relatives  who  were  seated  nearest  the  casket, 


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just  behind  them  sat  46  of  her  former  students,  now  almost 
all  wives  of  prominent  men  of  Jerseyville.  So  passed  from 
our  midst  a  good  and  useful  woman. 


$erseyville  TPublic  Schools. 


Prof.  J.  Pike  became  principal  of  the  public  schools  of 
Jerseyville,  September,  1874,  with  Prof.  M.  E.  Ellenwood 
as  assistant.  In  the  spring-  of  1875,  Prof.  D.  J.  Murphy  as- 
sumed the  place  of  Prof.  Ellenwood  as  assistant,  and  con- 
tinued to  hold  his  position  until  the  spring-  of  1886,  when  he 
was  elected  to  the  office  of  county  clerk. 

Following-  is  the  Board  of  Education  for  1901-2: 

H.  S.  Daniels,  president, 

Georg-e  D.  Locke,  secretary, 

Ed.  J.  Vaug-hn, 

Charles  S.  White, 

M.  A.   Warren, 

H.  R.  Gledhill, 

Fred  Jacobs. 

The  following- teachers  are  employed  for  the  year  1901-2: 

J.  Pike,  M.  A.,  superintendent,  department  of  language 
and  history. 

Edward  B.  Shafer,  department  of  mathematics  and 
astronomy. 

John  A.  Eg-elhoff,  department  of  shorthand  and  business 
course. 

Herbert  F.  Blair,  department  of  science. 

Grammar  department:  Caroline  Leresche,  Frances  M. 
Hassett,  Gertrude  Greathouse. 

Intermediate  department:  Amanda  Lynn,  Jessie 
Houg-htlin,  Hattie  Erwin. 

Primary  department:  Julia  M.  Laurent,  Cornelia  New- 
ton, Anna  E,  Spencer. 

Colored  School:     Marv  J.  Paul. 


JERSKYVItLE  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  BUILDING. 


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HIGH  SCHOOL  COURSES. 


CLASSICAL  COURSE. 


SCIENTIFIC    COURSE. 


PIKST    YEAR. 

Higher    English    Grammar    and    Compo- 
sition. 
Latin. 
Algebra. 
Physiology. 

Reading  and   Orthography. 
Penmanship. 

SECOND   YEAR. 

Latin. 

Geometry. 

Rhetoric  and  Composition. 

Botany  (4  mos.) 

Physics. 

Reading  and  Orthography. 

Penmanship. 

THIRD    YEAR. 

Latin. 

Chemistry     (5  mos  ). 
Arithmetic. 

Civil  Government  (5  mos.). 
English  Literature  and  Composition. 

FOURTH  YEAR. 

Latin. 

General  History  and  Essays 

Astronomy    (4  mos.). 

Zoology  (4  mos.) 

University  Algebra  (4  mos.). 

Reviews. 


FIRST     YEAK. 

Higher  English    Grammar  amid  Com- 
position. 
Algebra. 
Physiology. 

Reading  and  Orthography. 
Penmanship. 

SECOND    YKAR. 

Geometry. 

Rhetoric  and  Composition 

Botany  (4  mos.). 

Physics. 

Reading  and  Orthography. 

Penmanship. 

THIRD     YEAR. 

Trigonometry  and  Surveying. 
Chemistry. 
Arithmetic 

Civil  Government  (5  mos.) 
English  Literature  and   Composition, 

FOURTH    YEAR. 

General  History  and  Essays. 
Astronomy. 
Zoology  (4  mos.) 
University  Algebra. 
English  Litefature 
Reviews. 


Optional    Studies  : — German,       Book-keeping-,      Shorthand, 
Typewriting1,  Greek. 

BUSINESS  COURSE. 

The  requirements  in  this  department  are  the  same  as 
those  of  the  first  and  the  second  year  of  the  Scientific  Course, 
In  the  third  year,  students  of  the  Business  Course  will  do 
the  work  of  the  regular  classes  in  Arithmetic,  Civil  Govern- 
ment, and  English  Literature,  and,  in  addition,  will  take 
single  and  double  entry  book-keeping1. 

SHORTHAND  AND    TYPEWRITING. 

The  course  of  study  in  this  division  of  the  High  School 
includes  all  the  branches  prescribed  for  the  Business  Course, 


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except  book-keeping",  for  which  Shorthand  and  Typewriting 
will  be  substituted  in  the  third  year. 

POST-GRADUATE  COURSES, 

The  work  of  this  department  is  as  follows:  In  Higher 
Mathematics,  Analytical  Geometry,  Differential  and  Integral 
Calculus;  in  Language,  advanced  Latin,  German,  Greek,  and 
English  Literature ;  in  Science,  Chemistry  and  Physics. 
These  courses  are  open  to  all  regular  graduates  of  the  High 
School,  and  to  others  who  have  the  necessary  preparation  to 
enable  them  successfully  to  take  up  the  work  of  the  course 
selected. 

FINANCIAL    REPORT. 

For  the  benefit  of  the  tax-payer,  that  he  may  know 
where,  and  how,  his  money  is  expended,  I  give  my  readers 
one  yearly  financial  report  as  submitted  by  the  Board  of 
Education. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  annual  report  of  the  finan- 
cial affairs  of  the  district,  as  submitted  to  the  voters  at  the 
election,  April  16,  1898: 

RECEIPTS. 

April  1,  1897,    Cash  on   band $  917  37 

"       5,     "        Amount  received  from   trustees 628  95 

June,  30,     "               "            "             "    C.Keller,   tax  of '96  405538 

July  31       •'                 "            "             "     D.J.  Murphy,  tuition  36450 

Oct.  16,      "           same  930  00 

Dec.    4      "           same  377  25 

July  16,   1898,       same  90  00 

Mar.  26     s"     Amt.  received  from   C.  B   Stanley,  tax  of  1897          328596 
"    31      '•     Amt.  received  from  D.  J.  Murphy,  tuition 21255 

Total  $10861  96 

EXPENDITURES. 

Amount  paid  teachers $7760  00 

"  "  Repairs 316  12 

"  •'  Supplies .                                   25268 

"  "  Fuel 27100 

"  "  Services  of  janitor 604  20 

'•  "  Services  of  truant  officer 37  50 

"  "  Water    rent  22  88 


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Sidewalks  29  76 

Rent  of  telephone  17  00 

Cleaning    privies 29  9,5 

Miscellaneous   expenses 87  00 


Total $9428  09 

DANIEL  J.   MURPHY,  Secretary. 

COLORED     SCHOOL. 

The  course  of  study  in  this  school  extends  from  the 
Primary  Grade  of  the  other  departments  to  the  High  School 
inclusive,  the  branches,  from  term  to  term,  being-  adapted  to 
the  advancement  of  the  various  classes. 

Non-resident  pupils  entering-  the  Hig-h  School  are  re- 
quired to  pay  $30  per  year  tuition. 

The  school  has  an  Astronomical  Observatory,  a  g-ood 
Chemical  Laboratory,  and  a  complete  reference  Library. 


GRADUATES. 

CLASS  OF  78. 

Anderson,  Jennie Denver,  Col 

Barr,  Leella  (Fletcher)    Quincy,  111 

Bartlett,  Linna  (Carey) Delaware,  Ohio 

Bothwell,  Georg-e  A St.  Louis,  Mo 

Cory,    Rosa  (Roberts) • Jerseyville 

Cory,  Elizabeth  (Enos) Denver,  Col 

Cutting-,  Leonard  M Jerseyville 

Darby,  Charlotte  (Pritchett) Jerseyville 

Foster,  Rosa  (Terrell)  Tecumseh,  Neb 

Gray,  Mollie   (Bush) Pittsfield,  111 

Hamilton,  Ormond Meade,  Kan 

Hassett,    Frances  Maria Jerseyville 

Keith,   Charles  W Denver,  Col 

Leig-h,    Austin  W Jerseyville 

Lindley,  Birdie  (Todd) Batchtown,  111 


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Roach,  William  T Carthage,  Mo 

Spencer,  Anna  E Jerseyville 

Van  Home,  Ella  (Casey) Chicago,  111 

CLASS  OF  79. 

Bothwell,  Charlotte  (McArthur)  St.  Louis,  Mo 

Cockrell,  George  M Omaha,Neb 

Dunsdon,   Cora  (McKee) Lebanon,  111 

Erwin,  Douglas Fidelity,  111 

Lurton,  Margaret  (Akard) Jerseyville 

Pittman,  Jennie   (Reed) Benton,  111 

Potts,  Fanny(Henry) Pawnee  City,  Neb 

Scott,  Mabelle Anchorage,  Ky 

Seaman,  Allen  B Denver,  Col 

Wedding,  Thomas Jerseyville 

CLASS  OF  '80. 

V 

Dare,  Rebecca  (Lynn)  Otterville,  111 

Herdman,   Jennie  D Le  Roy,  Kan 

Kingsley,  William  Edward Scranton,  Kan 

Leach,  Otis  D Jerseyville 

Potts,    James  A Richmond,  Va 

Rider,  Evelyn  (Minier) Dallas,  Texas 

Ross,  Helena Litchfield,  111 

CLASS    OF    '81. 

Christy,  John  Jerseyville 

Dunsdon,  Loula  (McGready) Jerseyville 

Erwin,  Perry Medora,  111 

Hanley,  William Jerseyville 

Miles,  Herbert  W Beatrice,  Neb 

Roach,   Cornelius Carthage,  Mo 

Vinson,  Lulu  (Armstrong) St.  Louis,  Mo 

Whitenack,    Mollie  (Wedding) Jerseyville 

Van  Home,   Hugh Pawnee  City,  Neb 

CLASS    OF     '82. 

Cory,  Flora  (Miles) Beatrice,  Neb 

Evans,    Lee Jerseyville 


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Ferns,  Thomas  F  . .  . . Jersey ville 

Leonard,   E,   L La  Crosse,  Wis 

Perring-s,  James  D .Jersey ville 

Pogue,    Harrison  W Jerseyville 

Potts,   William  A Morrisonville,  111 

Potts,   William  S Morrisonville,  111 

Richards,  William  P .  .Jerseyville 

Strong-,  Charles  H New  York 

Vinson,  Anna         Jerseyville 

Young-,  Harriett  (Armstrong-)         St.  Louis,  Mo 

CLASS   OF   '83. 

Bothwell,  Edith  (Kennedy) St.  Louis,  Mo 

Dolan,  Mary  (Smith) Spring-field,  111 

Houg-htlin,  Florence  (Schaaf). ...          Trenton,  N.  J 

McKinstry,  Catherine  (Calhoun) Nebraska 

Miles,  Clarence  J . .  . .          Beatrice,  Neb 

Paul,    Mary  J Jerseyville 

Pog-ue,  Edward  D.  W Denver,  Col 

CLASS  OF  '84. 

( 

Cockrell,    Harry   B Omaha,  Neb 

Dyer,   Edgar  M Ashland,  111 

Dunsdon,  Josephine   (Holland) Jerseyville 

Hamilton,   Bertha    (Cockrell)   Omaha,  Neb 

Hassett,    Lizzy  (Smith) Madison,  111 

Milton,   Laura    (Daniels) Jerseyville 

Newton,  Albert  W Jerseyville 

Powell,  Cornelia  (Hamilton) Chicago 

Tyson,   Louis  J  Pueblo,  Col 

CLASS  OF   '85. 

Barr,   Kate  Augusta  (Cory) Jerseyville 

Bothwell,    Juliet Jerseyville 

Daniels,    Harry    S Jerseyville 

Martin,  Emma  (McReynolds)   Kansas  City,  Mo 

.Selby,    Maud    (Perring-s) Jerseyville 

Shafer,  Edward  B Jerseyville 


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Turner,  Nettie   K Meade,  Kansas 

Van  Horne,    May   B.   (Cutting-) Jersey ville 

CLASS  OF  '86. 

Block,  Morris St.  Louis,  Mo 

Carroll,   Nora Jersey  ville 

Cory,   Minnie  D St.  Louis,  Mo 

Duffield,  Ida  M Jersey  ville 

Fulkerson,  Sarah  B Jerseyville 

Henderson,   Leila  Wahoo,  Neb 

Miles,  Charles  V  ...  Peoria,  111 

O'Loughlin,  Joseph  Spring-field,  111 

Tyson,  Fannie  A  (Pillsbury)  Denver,  Col 

Vandenburg,  Ralph    L Canton,  111 

Voorhees,    Albert  E  Jerseyville 

White,  Charles  S  Jerseyville 

CLASS  OF  '87, 

Barr,   Lulu  H Jerseyville 

Catt,  Mary  H  (Gard)  Los  Angeles,  Cal 

Cheney,  Alex  M  , Denver,  Col 

Coulthard,   Ida Jerseyville 

Enos,   Clinton  Denver,  Col 

Enos,    Laurens Decatur,  111 

Fenity,  Fred  Colby,  Kansas 

Gledhill,   Harry  R Jersevville 

Hand,  Magdalene   (Sunderland) Jerseyville 

Houghtlin,   David  M  East  St.  Louis,  111 

Marsh,  Stewart  C .New  York,  N.  Y 

McClure,   James  F Jerseyville 

O'Halloran,  Lizzie  (Halliday) St.  Louis,Mo 

Robb,  Alex.  C Jerseyville 

Weyham,   Lulu ....  Chicago,  111 

CLASS   OF    '88. 

Ashford,  Blanche   (Chappell) Newbern,  111 

Beaty,  Herbert  B  St.  Louis,  Mo 

Eaton,  Alberta  S  Jerseyville 


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Enos,    Grace  Jerseyville 

Ford,  Thomas  S  Jerseyville 

Frost,  Fannie  B  (McCollister) -Fidelity,  111 

Grosjean,  Nicholas  A Otterville,  111 

Hamilton,  AltaC.  (Rush) -Minneapolis,  Minn 

Mallot,     Frank  South  Dakota 

McClure,    Anna    (Roach) Carthage,  Mo 

Pogue,  Harriett  S Jerseyville 

Roach,  David Carthage,  Mo 

Rue,  Mabel  (Van  Auken) Los  Angeles,  Cal 

Shafer,    Harry  W Jerseyville 

Skelley,  Capitola  (Perrings) Jerseyville 

Sturdevant,    Clara   (Campbell) Jerseyville 

Tyson,   Mary   L. Pueblo,   Col 

Utt,    Emma  L Jerseyville 

Vaughn,   Edward  J Jerseyville 

CLASS   OF    '89. 

Carroll,  Patrick  M St.  Louis,  Mo 

Cowen,  Lora  (Richards Jerseyville 

Daniels,  Flora  (Reintges) Jerseyville,  111 

Ford,  Emma  (McReynolds) Jerseyville 

Fitzgerald,   Catherine  C  (O'Maley) Jerseyville 

Greathouse,  Veleria Jerseyville 

McGready,  Lucy  (Evans) East  St.  Louis,  111 

Henry,  Thomas Jerseyville 

Howell,  Robert   M Chicago 

Legate,    George Jerseyville 

Miles,  Clara  A Beatrice,   Neb 

Rowray,   Minnie  L Olivet,  S.  Dak 

Sharp.  Emma,  (Corzine) Jerseyville 

Thatcher,   Minnie  A  (Maltimore) Chicago 

Tucker,  Thomas Rockbridge,  111 

Vinson,    Maud  (Webster)  Kansas  City,  Mo 

White,  Sallie  A.  (Schwarz) Jerseyville 

Wyckoff,    Nellie   G  Jerseyville 

Wurtz,  George  B  Shreveport,  La 


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CLASS  OF   '90. 

Allen,  Marie  P.   (Mayfield) ....          New  Orleans,  La 

Bowman,    Fannie   E Jerseyville 

Bohannan,    Gertrude  (Elliott)  . . Chicago 

Catt,    Isabel         Jerseyville 

Cory,    M.  Alice Jerseyville 

Corzine,   Murry  V Jereyville 

Duggan,  Andrew Carlinvilie,  111 

Everts,  Cora  (Ford) Jerseyville 

Finch,  Cora  (Seago) Jerseyville 

Fulkerson,   Joseph  R         Jerseyville 

Gowling,    Alfred Chicago 

Greathouse,  Gertrude Jerseyville 

Hansell,  Walter Jerseyville 

Hassett,   Minnie  T.  (Bott) Brighton,  111 

Hough tlin,  Jessie  M Jerseyville 

Hammell,  Verbena Jerseyville 

Maley,  Sadie  F South  Dakota 

McReynolds,   George Jerseyville 

Purinton,  Lena  B Chicago 

Stafford,   Herbert St.  Louis,  Mo 

Turner,   Jennie  A Jerseyville 

Utt,  Lulu Jerseyville 

Walsh,    John   F Jerseyville 

Wurtz,  Mary  S Jerseyville 

CLASS  OF  '91. 

Borer,    Virgnia  M Kane,  111 

Cockrell,    Estella Kane,  111 

Carr,      Urban  -Jerseyville 

Colean,   Harry  Chicago 

Cook,    Edgar  Jerseyville 

Egelhoff,  John  A  Jerseyville 

Erwin,  Hattie Jerseyville 

Everts,    Hattie Jerseyville 

Fahey,    William Jerseyville 

Flamm,  William Batchtown,  111 


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Flaherty,  Nellie Jerseyville 

Glosup,    Frank Jerseyville 

Lanclon,    Royal  Jerseyville 

Long-,  Edwin  M  St.  Louis,  Mo 

Nelson,  Dora  Jerseyville 

Pike,  Fred  W  Jerseyville 

Pope,  Emma Jerseyville 

Post,  Lelah  (Lamb)  Peculiar,  Mo 

Randolph,  Ella Jerseyville 

Roach,  Eugene Jerseyville 

Seago,  George  M  Jerseyville 

Schmidt,  Caroline  Jerseyville 

CLASS  OF  '92. 

Barry,  Daisy  D  Jerseyville 

Beaty,  Eva  C  Knob   Noster,  Mo 

Beaty,  David  E Jerseyville 

Bridg-es,  Charles  H  ...  West  Point,  N.  Y 

Blish,  Ethel  (Robards)  Jerseyville 

Catt,  Nellie  J  Jerseyville 

Carlin,  Alma  (Hamilton)  -.Jerseyville 

Cook,  Arthur  B Jerseyville 

Dempsey,  William  Grafton,  111 

Dunham,  Oscar East  St.  Louis,  111 

Du  Hadway,  Effie  (Noble)  Jerseyville 

Duggan,  Mary  (Chappell) East  Newbern,  111 

Fitzpatrick,  Katie  A  Jerseyville 

Hassett,  George  M Jerseyville 

Kinsella,  Maggie Jerseyville 

Leresche,   Caroline Jerseyville 

McReynolds,    Maggie Jerseyville 

Noble,    Charles   N Jerseyville 

Nutt,  Amy   (Kehoe) San  Antonio,  Tex 

O'Keefe,  "Thomas Grafton,  111 

Quinn,    Nellie   E Jerseyville 

Terry,   Edwin  S Elsah,  111 

Voorhees,    Perry St.  Louis,  Mo 


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West,   Emma    M Jersey ville 

Ross,   Herbert  A Jersey  ville 

White,  Justus  V Kane,  111 

Wyckoff,   David  A St.  Louis,  Mo 

Young-,    Antonio Jacksonville,  111 

CLASS  OF    '93. 

Bowman,   Nellie   G Jerseyville 

Clendennen,     Effie Jerseyville 

Dug-g-an,  John Jerseyville 

Ely,  Lulu  M St.    Louis,    Mo 

Hough tlin,   Lillie Jerseyville 

Massey,  James Jerseyville 

McAdams,    Lewis  Y.  C East  St.  Louis,  Mo 

McNabb,    Sarah    (Vaug-hn) Jerseyville 

Newton,  Florence  M Jerseyville 

Olney,  Mark   P Fieldon,  111 

Olney,  Clara  E.  (Leg-ate)  Jerseyville 

Pag-e,  Theodore   H  St.  Louis, Mo 

Randolph,   Jennie  Jerseyville 

Randolph,  Marg-aret ...Jerseyville 

Ross,  Edwin   M  ...  Jerseyville 

Sunderland,  Louis  J Jerseyville 

Terry,  Minnie  Elsah,  111 

Wahl,  Robert  E Jerseyville 

CLASS  OF    '94. 

Alexander,  Everett  L  Jerseyville 

Dodson,  Janette   G Jerseyville 

Dressel,   John  H Kane,  111 

Duffield,   James  Edwin Alton,  111 

Hamilton,   Grace  (Robinson) East  Newbern,  111 

Kraus,  Thomas Jerseyville 

Noble,    H.    Pearl Jerseyville 

Powers,  John  R Jerseyville 

Poettg-en,  Charles  F St.  Louis,  Mo 

Randolph,  Alice  C  Jerseyville 


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Roach,    Thomas   F  Carthage,  Mo 

Rohacek,    William Jersey ville 

Rice,   Orville  Jerseyville 

White,  Ada Jerseyville 

CLASS  OF  '95. 

Bell,  James  W Jerseyville 

Chapman,   Harry  L Jerseyville 

Cone,  Nellie  S Jerseyville 

Cockrell,    Frank  B  Jerseyville 

Cory,   C.    Roy Jerseyville 

Dodge,    Mary  E Kemper,  111 

Dodson,  Nellie    E  Jerseyville 

Eaton,    Elizabeth Jerseyville 

Fales,  Maude  E Jerseyville 

Froelich,   Clara Bunker  Hill,  111 

Gibbs,  Alice .-. St.  Louis,  Mo 

Grosjean,    Henry  J • Jerseyville 

Greathouse,   Nina  L Jerseyville 

Lovell,  Mary   L Jerseyville 

Mundle,  Dixon  G  Delhi,  111 

Paul,  Mary  J.  (Post-graduate)  Jerseyville 

Purinton,    Elizabeth Jerseyville 

Osborne,  Nellie   H Jerseyville 

Richards,  Hayden  O Jerseyville 

Roach,    Leonard         ....          Jerseyville 

Schmieder,   Mary  T Jerseyville 

Scott,  Leanna Jerseyville 

Smith,  Henry  F Jerseyville 

Warren,    Fay  S Jerseyville 

Warren,   Harry  A Jerseyville 

White,   John  I Jerseyville 

Wyckoff,    Mary  E Jerseyville 

CLASS  OF  '96. 

Brainerd,  George Graf  ton,  111 

Cowen,   Myrtle Jerseyville 


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Curran,   James ; Jersey ville 

Dodge,  George Kemper,  111 

Dressel,  Addie Kane,  111 

English,  Marian Jersey  ville 

Everts,    Eugene Jersey  ville 

Hamilton,  Fred Jerseyville 

Montgomery,  William Jerseyville 

Newton,     Cornelia Jerseyville 

Shafer,  Roy Jerseyville 

Simmons,  Aaron  Jerseyville 

Snedeker,  Isaac Jerseyville 

Voorhees,  Gertrude  Jerseyville 

Warren,   Florence  Jerseyville 

Wurtz,    Eugene Jerseyville 

CLASS  OF    '97. 
Barron,   Minnie  E  Jerseyville 

Bassett,  Charles  A Jerseyville 

Bowman,  Harriet  Jerseyville 

Brokamp,   Lizzie  M  Jerseyville 

Brownlee,   Cornelia  J  Jerseyville 

Chapman,  Theodore Jerseyville 

Colean,    Charles Jerseyville 

Curtis,  Edna  L  Jerseyville 

Dodge,  Edward  A  Jerseyville 

Downey,    Sylvester  W Jerseyville 

Hansell,   Jesse  G  Jerseyville 

Heller,  Edna  E  Jerseyville 

Houghtlin,     Daisy  Jerseyville 

Landon,    Truman  Jerseyville 

Laswell,    Helen  Raymond,  Illinois 

Maltimore,   Minnie  E  Jerseyville 

Mackeldon,   John  Jerseyville 

Porter,    Mary    Helen  Jerseyville 

Randolph,  O.    Perry  Jerseyville 

Rice,  Scott  v Jerseyville 

Roach,  J.  Augustine  Jersevville 


Shackelford,    Minnie  D Jerseyville 

Stafford,    Harry    E  ..  Grafton,  111 

Strasser,  Louis  H  Fieldon,  111 

Vinson,  Ruth  O  Jerseyville 

Wedding1,  Alma  Jerseyville 

Wurtz,   Martha  W  .Jerseyville 

Wyckoff.    Terese   E,  Jerseyville 

CLASS     OF     '98. 

Daniels,  Walter  S.,  jr  Jerseyville 

Boynton,  William  P  Jerseyvile 

Bell,  Robert  O 

English,   Robert   C  " 

Erwin,  Elmer  " 

Maupin,  William  H " 

Beaty,   Roy  G .. .. 

Jennings,  William  P 

Daniels,  Brainard    J  " 

Hildred,  Oscar  " 

Rowden,  Charles  H 

Kraus,    Henry  G 

Sutton,    Ida  M " 

Duncan,  Anna  " 

Rue,  Elizabeth  Mary  " 

Erwin,   Jesse  E         . ....  " 

Irwin,  G.   Stella " 

Gibbons,    Marg-aret  A " 

Sweeney,      Mary    L " 

Meyers,    Stella  M " 

Chapman,     Jennie 

Curran,     Margaret    C " 

CLASS  OF  '99. 

Roberts,    Leo  C 

Ross,    Leslie   C " 

Duncan,     Evaline   R 

Groppel,   Louis  E " 


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Downey,  Jesse  W Jerseyville 

Barnett,   Charles " 

Miller,   Oliver  J 

Powers,  Charles  M " 

Fahey,  Stasia  B 

Conklin,    Cora  B   

Reintg-es,  Lezetta  M Elsah 

Schmeider,  Wilhelmina  C Jerseyville 

Bringhurst,   Susie  A " 

Dressel,  Walter  S Kane 

Downey,  James  C Jerseyville 

Scott,  Mary  P 

Laurent,  Julia  M  " 

Howell,  Russell  D.. 
Knig-ht,  Walter  E 

Sunderland,  Grace  M " 

Warren,  Charles  E 

Chapman,  Paul  W " 

McDow,  Albert  E Newbern 

Cheney,  Grace  L Virden 

Stalder,    Carrie  M Alton 

Duncan,  Anna  T  Jerseyville 

CLASS    OF  1900. 

Bassett,  Mary Jerseyville 

Todd,  Anna  L Batchtown 

Hedges,  Anna Jerseyville 

Robing-s,  Mabel " 

Howell,    Minnie " 

Warren,    Susanna i4 

Richards,  Gertrude " 

Heller,  Clara 

Updike,  Ollie McClusky 

Daly,  David  A Jerseyville 

Herdman,  William  J " 

Stanley,  Roy 

Randolph,  Carleton " 


Brinton,  Herbert Jerseyville 

Chapman,     Truman " 

Boynton,  Edson  J " 

Holmes,  William Fieldon 

Wilcox,  Samuel  L , Jerseyville 

CLASS  OF   1901. 

Bassett,  Anna  E Jerseyville 

Erwin,    Lovie  E " 

Cook,   Ruth " 

Jacobs,  Lottie  E " 

Heffron,    Katherine " 

Shackelford,  Jane  P " 

Owens,  Ora  E " 

Fahey,  William  F " 

Campbell,  George  W " 

Hamilton,   Ray  A " 

Voorhees,  Richard  H " 

Kraus,  William  J " 

Blish,   Charles  H " 

Miller,  Floyd   E , Rockbridg-e 

Snedeker,  Frank  S Jerseyville 

Mayes,  Elmer  H Jerseyville 

GRADUATES  IN  STENOGRAPHY. 


CLASS  OF  '95. 

Cory,  M.  Alice  Hill,  Lulu  M. 

Hacquard,  Louella  Poettgen,  Charles  F. 

Newton,  Cornelia  A.  Powers,  Alice 

Pankey,   Joseph  Wurtz,  Mary  S. 

CLASS  OF  '96. 

Cone,  Nellie  S.  Eaton,  Elizabeth 

Houg-htlin,  Anna  Purinton,  Elizabeth 

Warren,    Fay  S. 

CLASS  OF  '97, 

Curran,  Marg-aret  Laswell,  Helen 


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CLASS  OF  '98. 

Vinson,  Ruth  Brokamp,  Elizabeth 

Barren,  Julia  Rowden,  Charles 

CLASS  OF  1899. 

Sweeney,  Mamie  Lancrey,  Mary  E 

Flannig-an,  Marg-aret 

CLASS  OF  1900. 
Pittinger,  Mabel  Post,  Leslie 

CLASS  OF  1901. 
Giers,  Webster  Locke,   Lucy  E 

Robing-s,  Dorothy  M. 
POST  GRADUATE  WORK. 

ANALYTICAL      GEOMETRY    AND    CALCULUS. 

Cockrell,    Estella  Cory,  M.  Alice 

Greathouse,   Gertrude  Newton,  Albert  W. 

Houg-htlin,    Lillie  Kraus,  Thomas 

Newton,  Florence  M.  Rohacek,    William 

Cone,  Nellie  S.  Fales,  Maud  E. 

Paul,  Mary  J.  Purinton,  Elizabeth 

Richards,  Hayden  O.  Ross,  Edwin  M. 

Scott,  Leanna  Smith,  Henry  F. 
Ross,  Herbert  A. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Paul,   Mary  J Three  Years'  General  Work 

Voorhees,  Albert  E General  Review 

Strong,   Charles  H Latin 

Everts,  Hattie Greek 

Eaton,    Elizabeth Latin 

Fales,  Maude  E Latin 

Richards,   Hayden  O Latin 

Ross,  Edward  M Latin 

Smith,  Henry  F Latin 

Warren,  Harry  A .         Latin 


Dr.  C.  R.  Eiios. 


Dr.  A.  A.  Burnett. 


Dr.  J.  W.  Enos. 


Dr.  M.  B.  Titterington. 


TKysicians  of  the  Tast. 


The  first  practicing-  physician  in  Jerseyville  was 

DR.  A,  H.  BURRITT, 

who  came  here  in  1833  before  the  town  was  laid  out,  and  was 
among-  its  first  settlers.  His  home  and  office  were  in  a  log- 
cabin  which  he  erected  on  the  corner  of  Exchange  and  Pleas- 
ant streets.  He  was  of  the  old  allopathic  school.  He  died 
in  1875. 

DR.     EDWARD   AUGUSTUS     D'ARCY 

was  the  next,  coming-  the  same  year,  1833,  and  settled  on 
land,  which  he  entered,  north  of  Jerseyville.  He  was  born 
in  Hanover,  Morris  county,  N.  J.,  April  15,  1796,  and  died  in 
Jerseyville,  April  25,  1863,  at  the  ag-e  of  67  years. 

DR.  JOHN  W.  LOTT 

came  to  Jerseyville  in  1834.  He  practiced  only  a  short  time, 
when  he  returned  to  New  Jersey,  his  native  State. 

DR.    JAMES  C.  PERRY, 

a  native  born  Scotchman,  who  had  served  in  the  British  army 
for  seven  years,  came  to  Jerseyville  in  1838.  He  was  consid- 
ered a  skillful  practitioner,  and  an  upright  man  in  all  his 
practice,  and  was  never  known  to  oppress  the  poor  for  pay- 
ment of  medical  aid.  The  writer  remembers  well  going 
after  him  in  time  of  sickness.  He  practiced  here  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  May,  1859. 

DR.     EDWIN  A.  CASEY 

came  next,  about  1840,  and  practiced  successfully  until  his 
death,  March  22,  1874,  at  the  age  of  66  years.  He  lived  in 
the  first  house  west  of  the  Baptist  church.  Next  came 

DR.    R.   H     VAN  DYKE, 

about  the  year  1840,  and  was  one  of  the  prominent  physicians 
until  his  death,  September  6,  1845. 


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DR.    JAMES    BRINGHURST 

came  to  Jerseyville  about  1850,  and  entered  into  partnership 
with  Dr.  D'Arcy.  From  1850  to  1857  he  practiced  in  Jer- 
seyville, Spring-field  and  Chicago,  and  from  1857  to  1861,  in 
Jerseyville  only.  In  April,  1861,  he  enlisted  as  surgeon  in 
the  28th  Illinois  Infantry.  He  was  afterwards  promoted  to 
Brigade  surgeon.  His  health  in  the  army  failing,  he  return- 
ed to  Jerseyville  where  he  remained  a  short  time,  when  he 
removed  to  Alton.  He  died  in  Ruyle  township  June  23,  1870. 

DR.  R.  D.  FARLEY 

was  one  of  the  early  doctors,  coming  sometime  in  the  "for- 
ties." In  1852  he  was  county  physician.  He  was  born  Dec. 
3,  1808,  and  died  in  Jerseyville  Sept.  27,  1884.  He  was  the 
first  homeopathic  physician  in  the  city.  He  was  well  and 
highly  esteemed  by  all  who  knew  him. 

DR.  AUGUSTUS  R.  KNAPP 

came  to  Jerseyville  in  1844,  and  had  a  large  and  extensive 
practice,  and  died  at  his  residence  July  13,  1862. 

DR.  JOHN    L.  WHITE 

was  one  of  Jerseyyille's  prominent  physicians.  While  here, 
he  was  married  to  Miss  Hattie  Hawley,  in  1858.  He  was 
born  in  Massachusetts  in  1832,  came  to  Jerseyville  in  1852, 
and  in  1870  he  moved  to  Bloomington,  111.,  where  he  still  re- 
sides. 

DR.  H.  C.  HARRIMAN, 

in  the  "fities,"  became  one  of  the  physicians  of  Jerseyville, 
and  died  here  March  12,  1858. 

DR.  WM.    HUTCHINSON, 

a  native  of  Kentucky,  a  much  honored  and  beloved  physician, 
practiced  here  a  number  of  years  until  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred Jan.  24,  1864. 

DR.  JOHN    B.    HAMILTON, 

second  child  of  Rev.  B.  B.  and  Mary  A.  Hamilton,  studied 
medicine  under  Dr.  J.  O.  Hamilton  of  Jerseyville,  and  after 


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graduating-  at  Rush  Medical  College,  February,  1870,  he 
formed  partnership  with  his  uncle,  Dr.  J.  O.  Hamilton.  In 
May,  1869,  he  became  a  member  of  the  State  Medical  Soci- 
ety, and  at  a  meeting  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  com- 
mittee o.n  surgery.  He  rose  so  rapidly  to  high  positions  in 
his  profession  that  he  was  commissioned  Surgeon-General 
of  the  United  States  marines.  He  died  in  Chicago,  1899. 

CHAKI.KS  A.  KNAPP,  M.  D., 

was  the  son  of  Dr.  A.  R.  Knapp,  He  studied  medicine  with 
his  father  and  afterwards  graduated  from  McDowell's  Med- 
ical College,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  He  commenced  the  practice  of 
medicine  in  Kane,  Greene  county,  111.,  and  after  two  years 
located  in  Jersey  ville,  where  betook  up  the  practice  of  his 
father  who  then  went  to  California,  and  returned  in  1854.  On 
account  of  failing  health  Dr.  Knapp  removed  with  his  family 
to  California,  where  he  died  in  1856. 

DR.  AUGUSTUS  R.  KNAPP 

came  to  Jerseyville  in  1844,  where  he  had  an  extensive  prac- 
tice. He  was  a  member  of  the  constitutional  convention  to 
revise  the  Constitution  of  Illinois  in  1847.  In  -1849  he  went 
to  California  where  he  was  quite  successful  in  his  search  for 
gold.  He  died  in  Jerseyviile,  July  13,  1862.  Mrs.  Knapp  sur- 
vived her  husband  until  1868. 

C.  G.    BUFFINGTON,  M.  D., 

was  born  in  Jerseyville,  111.,  May  22,  1858.  In  1881,  he  gra- 
duated at  the  Missouri  Medical  College,  St.  Louis.  Return- 
ing to  Jerseyville  about  one  year  afterwards,  he  located  at 
Fieldon.  His  practice  was  so  successful  that  it  extended 
over  Jersey,  Greene,  and  Calhoun  counties,  and  was  one  of 
the  largest  and  most  lucrative  in  the  county. 

JOSEPH  ORMOND  HAMILTON,  M.  D., 

was  born  in  Monroe  county,  111.,  April  2,  1824.  He  was  the 
youngest  child  of  Thomas  M.  and  Alpha  Hamilton.  From 
1843  to  1845  he  attended  at  the  Ohio  University  at  Athens, 
Ohio.  He  then  began  the  study  of  medicine  with  Dr.  Silas 


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Parker.  He  afterwards  continued  his  studies  with  Dr. 
Wm.  Blackstone,  In  1846,  he  came  to  Jerseyville  and  prac- 
ticed under  Dr.  James  C.  Perry,  an  old  and  honored  practi- 
tioner of  Jerseyville.  In  1849,  he  attended  lectures  at  the 
Medical  University  of  Missouri,  graduating  on  the.  4th  of 
March,  1850.  He  then  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine 
in  Grafton,  Illinois.  In  May,  1851,  he  was  married  to  Mar- 
g-arette  Perry,  daughter  of  Dr.  Perry  of  Jerseyville,  In  1852, 
he  entered  into  partnership  with  his  father-in-law,  with 
whom  he  practiced  till  January,  1853.  Dr.  Perry  died  in 
1858. 

Dr.  Hamilton  was  one  of  the  most  celebrated  physicians 
of  the  West.  Much  of  his  writing's  can  be  found  in  the 
American  Medical  Association  Journal,  volumes  of  1870  and 
1872.  He  was  President  of  the  Illinois  Medical  Society,  con- 
vened at  Peora,  May,  1871.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  Amer- 
ican Medical  Associations  held  at  Cincinnati,  New  Orleans, 
Washington,  Philadelphia,  and  San  Francisco. 

In  1867,  he  was  appointed  surgeon  for  the  United  States 
pension  office  of  this  district,  and  acted  as  examining  sur- 
geon for  six  of  the  most  prominent  insurance  companies  in 
the  United  States.  He  died  August  21,  1882. 

CHARLES  W.  ENOS,  M.  D,, 

located  in  Jerseyville,  Jan.  29,  1874.  He  was  born  in  Madi- 
son Co.,  111.,  Dec.  13,  1849  and  is  the  son  of  Dr.  C.  R.  and  Eli- 
za Ann  (Thorpe)  Enos. 

When  young  he  received  a  good  education,  attending  the 
State  Normal  School  at  Bloomington,  111.,  and  the  State  Uni- 
versity at  Champaign.  After  teaching  for  a  while  he  decided 
to  study  medicine,  with  a  view  of  making  that  his  life  work. 

He  graduated  at  the  Homeopathic  Medical  College  of 
Missouri  in  1874,  and  received  the  prize  for  surgery, 

He  then  came  to  Jerseyville  and  opened  an  office  on  the 
day  of  his  arrival,  and  within  two  hours  received  his  first  pa- 
tient who  was  dangerous  with  pneumonia,  being  the  daught- 


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er  of  David  M.  Houghtlin.  He  was  a  marvel  of  success.  In 
1881  he  took  a  course  of  lectures  on  the  eye  and  ear  at  the 
New  York  Opthalmic  Hospital,  also  an  operating-  course  on 
the  eye  and  ear  under  the  celebrated  Dr.  Knapp.  He  has 
operated  as  a  specialist  with  these  organs,  and  stands  at  the 
head  of  his  profession. 

He  was  a  devoted  Christian  man,  and  a  temperance 
worker. 

T,  A.   KINGSTON,    M.  D., 

was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  January  22,  1832.  He  was  rear- 
ed in  Collinsville,  111.,  where  he  received  his  early  education 
and  entered  upon  the  study  of  medicine  in  the  office  of  Dr. 
Drake,  in  Collinsville.  He  graduated  from  the  old  Mc- 
Dowell Medical  College,  of  St.  Louis. 

At  the  opening-  of  the  war  he  entered  the  service  as  con- 
tract surgeon  in  the  department  under  Gens.  Thomas,  Van- 
devere,  Frank  P.  Blair  and  Kirkpatrick,  under  whose  de- 
partment he  served  through  the  campaign  of  Georgia,  Ten- 
nessee, North  and  South  Carolina,  with  honor  and  credit 
as  a  surgeon,  and  a  kindly  compassionate  man  whose  labors 
among  the  sick  and  wounded  are  treasures  gathered  up  for 
him  by  the  All-Seeing  Eye,  who  shall  render  due  reward. 

At  the  close  of  the  war,  in  1865,  he  entered  upon  the 
practice  of  his  profession,  locating  at  Fidelity,  111.,  where  he 
gained  a  large  and  lucrative  practice. 

On  April  30,  1870,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Kate  Frost, 
of  Fidelity.  Three  children  are  the  fruits  of  this  marriage, 
Mrs.  Louis  Jacoby,  Jersey ville,  111.,  and  Misses  Josie  and 
Lula.  Dr.  Kingston  died  at  his  home  in  Jerseyville,  111., 
January  8,  1900,  at  the  age  of  67  years,  11  months  and  17 
days. 

ALBKO  B.  ALLEN,  M.  D., 

was  born  in  Lincoln  county,  Missouri,  April  23,  1840.  He 
was  the  youngest  son  of  Edwin  and  Jane  Allen,  and  the  last 
living  of  seven  children.  He  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  county.  At  a  very  early  age  he  ex- 


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pressed  a  desire  for  the  study  of  medicine.  He  accordingly 
entered  the  Missouri  Medical  College  in  1855,  and  graduated 
from  that  institution  in  1858,  at  the  age  of  18  years.  In  the 
spring-  of  1859,  he  located  in  Hamburg-.  111.,  and  there  beg-an 
the  practice  of  his  profession,  After  practicing-  there  for 
two  years  he  removed  to  Hardin,  Calhoun  county,  111.,  where 
he  practiced  for  12  years.  Leaving-  Hardin  he  practiced  for 
about  two  years  in  Kane,  thence  in  1875  he  located  in  Jer- 
seyville  where  he  remained,  (except  a  short  interval  he  was 
in  St.  Louis,)  up  to  the  time  of  his  death.. 

He  was  married  in  1867  to  Mrs.  M.  K.  Revere  in  Council 
Bluffs,  Iowa,  each  possessing- a  daughter  by  a  former  mar- 
riage. On  the  25th  of  February,  1892,  they  celebrated  the 
25th  anniversary  of  their  marriage. 

Dr.  Allen  was  a  specialist  in  his  profession,  and  was 
known  and  sought  after  far  and  wide.  He  was  emphatically 
a  benefactor  in  his  day.  A  man  of  strong  will  power  and  in- 
domitable courage,  he  bore  patiently  his  sufferings,  and  in  a 
cheerful  spirit,  when  others  with  less  will-power  would  have 
succumbed.  He  died  at  his  home,  surrounded  by  family 
and  friends,  March  25,  1899,  at  the  age  of  58  years,  11 
months,  and  2  days. 

GEORGE  H.   KNAPP,  M.  D., 

was  born  in  Kane,  Greene  county,  111.,  April  19,  1840.  He 
was  the  youngest  son  of  Dr.  A.  R.  and  Catherine  E.  Knapp. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Jer- 
seyville,  but  finished  his  literary  education  in  Illinois  Col- 
lege, at  Jacksonville,  111. 

He  studied  medicine  first  with  his  father,  Dr.  A.  R. 
Knapp,  and  afterwards  in  the  office  with  Dr.  A.  K.  Van 
Home.  He  graduated  at  the  Missouri  Medical  College  in 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  with  high  honors,  in  April,  1861.  In  the  fall 
of  1861,  he  was  commissioned  assistant  surgeon  of  the  61st 
Regiment,  Illinois  Volunteers  Infantry,  of  which  J.  B.  Frey 
was  Colonel.  He  was  again  commissioned  surgeon  of  the 
same  regiment  and  served  during  most  of  the  civil  war,  par- 


ticipating  in  many  hard  and  bloody  battles.  While  in  front 
of  Vicksburg  he  attended  Gen.  U.  S.  Grant  through  a  severe 
sickness,  and  ever  afterwards  General  Grant  was  his  warm 
friend. 

On  October  20,  1868,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Henrietta 
F.  Veitch,  of  St.  Louis.  To  them  were  born  three  children: 
Maude,  now  the  wife  of  Hon.  Harry  W.  Pogue,  Veitch,  and 
Will  B.  Knapp,  all  of  whom  survive  him.  He  practiced  med- 
icine first  inJerseyville,  Mason  City,  111.,  St.Louis,  and  during 
his  last  years,  practiced  again  in  Jerseyville. 

He  died  September  20,  1895,  after  a  few  hours  of  great 
pain,  arising  from  stomach  troubles.  As  a  physician  he 
stood  at  the  head  of  his  profession,  and  was  a  social  and  gen- 
ial friend  and  companion,  as  the  writer  knew  him  well. 

HENRY  Z.  GILL,  M.  D., 

was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  Oct.  6,  1831.  He  was  a  graduate 
of  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadelphia,  and  began  prac- 
ticing in  Columbus,  Ohio,  where  he  remained  until  the  break- 
ing out  of  the  civil  war,  when  he  enlisted  in  the  three 
months'  service  and  served  four  and  one-half  years.  He 
arose  from  assistant  surgeon  to  surgeon  of  volunteers  of  the 
rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonel,  which  position  he  held  to  the 
close  of  the  war.  He  then  spent  two  years  in  Europe,  and 
after  returning  settled  in  St.  Louis,  and,  in  connection  with 
Dr.  W.  S.  Edgar,  published  the  "Medical  Journal." 

On  April  26,  1873,  he  came  to  Jerseyville  where  he  prac- 
ticed until  in  1881,  he  took  charge  of  the  Southern  Illinois 
Penitentiary,  and  in  November,  1883,  resigned  to  accept  the 
chair  of  surgery  in  the  Worcester  Medical  College  at  Cleve- 
land, Ohio. 

GEORGK    SUMRALL,    M.     D. 

came  to  Jerseyville,  Mar.  1,  1872.  In  1876,  he  was  mover, 
and  drafter  before  Jersey  County  Medical  Society,  of  a 
greeting  to  State  Medical  Association,  praying  that  body  to 
secure  such  legislative  action  as  would  compel  higher  medi- 
cal education,  and  partially  rid  our  state  of  quacks. 


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In  response  to  said  greeting-,  the  State  Medical  Associa- 
tion appointed  a  committee  which  spent  the  next  winter  at 
Capital,  memorialized  the  Legislature,  and  secured  the  en- 
actment of  our  state  medical  act,  and  the  appointment  of  our 
State  Board  of  Health,  which  has  saved  to  our  state  millions 
of  dollars,  and  to  her  citizens  untold  sufferings. 

W.  W.  ESTEBROOKE,  M.  D., 

came  to  Jerseyville  from  Chicago  in  August,  1890.  He  was 
a  cultured  gentleman  and  a  physician  of  high  standing,  of 
the  homeopathic  school.  After  a  successful  professional  ca- 
reer, he  retired  from  active  practice  and  returned  to  Chica- 
go in  November,  1898,  where  he  now  resides. 

DR.  WARD,  also  practiced  in  Jerseyville  for  some  ten 
years,  but  mostly  in  Fieldon,  Illinois. 

DR.  CHARLES  EDGAR,  another  physician  of  the  past,  a 
graduate  of  medicine,  but  owned  and  conducted  a  drug 
store  for  many  years,  I  am  told  did  but  little  practicing. 

There  were  some  other  physicians  who  practiced  medi- 
cine in  Jerseyville  and  attained  some  prominence,  and  I 
would  be  pleased  to  write  concerning  them  more  at  length, 
but  reliable  information  seems  impossible  to  be  obtained. 
Among  this  number  is  Dr.  Lyons  who  was  early  in  the  "six- 
ties" a  partner  with  Dr.  DuHadway,  an  assistant  surgeon  in 
the  Union  army,  and  a  cousin  of  General  Lyons  who  was 
killed  at  the  battle  of  Wilson  Creek.  He  was  considered  a 
smart,  cultured  gentleman  and  a  good  physician. 


DR.  A.   K.  VAN  HORNK, 


DR.  L.   T.  WAGGONKR. 


ALBERT  M.  WILES,  D.   O. 


HENRY  W.  RICH,  D.   D,   S. 


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"Physicians  of  the  ^Present. 


A.  K.  VAN  HOKNE,  M.  D. 

The  first  to  put  on  the  list  of  present  time  active  physi- 
cians ot  Jersey  ville,  is  A.  K.  Van  Home.  He  is  the  oldest 
practicing"  physician  in  the  city.  He  was  born  in  Schoharie 
county,  N.  Y.,  April  2,  1831,  and  immigrated  with  his  parents 
to  Jersey  county  in  1833,  being1  about  two  years  old.  He 
was  emphatically  a  Jersey  county  boy,  and  now  more  em- 
phatically a  Jersey  county  man,  having1  been  a  resident  of 
Jersey  county,  except  when  away  attending1  college,  for  68 
years. 

In  1852,  now  48  years  ago,  he  commenced  the  study  of 
medicine  with  Dr.  Charles  A.  Knapp  in  Jersey  ville.  He  at- 
tended medical  lectures  in  Missouri  Medical  College,  in  St. 
Louis,  in  1853  and  1854.  In  the  fall  of  1855,  he  took  a  course 
in  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadelphia,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1856.  He  returded  to  Jerseyville  and  that  same 
year  he  entered  upon  the  practice  of  medicine  for  life. 

In  1871  and  1872  he  returned  to  Philadelphia  and  took 
another  course  of  lectures.  He  spared  no  expense  or  pains 
that  he  might  be  a  competent  and  safe  man  for  the  people  to 
trust  their  own  lives,  and  that  of  their  family,  in  his  hands. 

His  successful  practice  here  in  Jerseyville  of  45  years, 
and  the  confidence  the  people  repose  in  him,  will  testify  to 
his  ability  and  success. 

ALLEN  A.    BARNETT,  M.  D. 

Allen  A.  Barnett  was  born  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  Feb.  6, 
1830.  Received  his  early  education  at  Clark  County  Semi- 
nary in  Charlestown,  Ind.  Entered  Miami  University,  Ox- 
ford, Ohio,  in  the  fall  of  1847,  and  graduated  in  a  classical 
course  in  1851. 


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Entered  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of 
Louisville,  Ky.,  in  the  fall  of  1851,  graduating  there  in  1853, 
Returning  to  said  University  in  the  fall  of  1853,  was  appoint- 
ed assistant  demonstrator  of  anatomy. 

In  the  spring-  of  1854  he  began  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion at  Oxford,  Ohio,  remainining  there  until  the  spring  of 
1862.  During  this  year  he  removed  to  Jersey  county,  near 
Jersey ville,  shortly  afterwards  moved  into  Jerseyville,  where 
he  has  practiced  medicine  continuously  up  to  the  present 
time,  1901,  having  practiced  medicine  without  cessation  for 
48  years. 

CALEB    DU  HADWAY,    M.  D. 

Dr.  Du  Hadway  was  educated  at  the  Ohio  University, 
Athens,  Ohio,  and  at  Oxford  College,  Butler  county,  Ohio. 
After  completing  his  literary  education,  he  began  reading 
medicine  with  Dr.  Orlando  Miller,  of  Jackson  Court  House, 
Ohio,  and  attended  medical  lectures  at  the  Ohio  Medical  Col- 
lege, at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  for  the  years  1856-59.  Received 
his  diploma  from  that  college  in  March,  1859. 

After  the  expiration  of  one  year  he  entered  on  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  at  Hamden,  Vinton  county,  Ohio.  In 
1862  he  entered  the  Confederate  army  as  surgeon  of  the 
9th  Kentucky  Regiment,  and  remained  in  the  service  until 
August,  1864. 

September  3,  1864,  he  came  to  Jerseyville  and  immediate- 
ly began  the  practice  of  medicine.  In  1866  the  Missouri 
Medical  College  conferred  on  the  doctor  the  degree  of 
"Adeundum."  In  1868  he  used  carbolic  acid  as  a  local  anes- 
thetic, and  in  the  medical  journals  has  the  credit  of  being  the 
first  discoverer. 

Dr.  Du  Hadway  was  elected  President  of  the  Jersey  Coun- 
ty Medical  Society  at  its  annual  meeting  in  April,  1872.  He 
has  always  stood  at  the  head  of  his  profession  and  has  gain- 
ed a  good  reputation,  and  the  respect  of  all  who  knew  him. 
At  this  present  writing,  May,  1901,  he  is  an  invalid,  and  his 
days  of  going  in  and  out  among  his  people,  healing  the  sick, 


EDWARD    L.  H.  BARKY,  M.  D., 

First  Assistant  Surgeon  of    130th  and   80th    Illinois   Vol.    Inf. 
Key.,  Civil  War. 


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allaying  the   pains  of  the  distressed,  comforting"  the   sorrow- 
ing-, will  probably  soon  be  ended. 

A.  A.   SHOBK,  M.  D. 

Dr.  A.  A.  Shobe  is  worthy  to  be  ranked  among-  the  lead- 
ing- "physicians  ot  Jersey  ville.  He  came  to  this  city  in  the 
spring-  of  1873  from  Franklin  county,  Mo.,  his  native  State, 
and  was  born  August  24,  1846. 

At  the  ag-e  of  14,  he  attended  the  Academy  at  Kirkwood, 
St.  Louis  county,  preparatory  to  a  military  education  at 
West  Point.  But  the  breaking-  out  of  the  civil  war  interrupt- 
ed his  plans,  and  in  1862  joined  the  Confederate  army  and 
remained  in  the  service  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  then 
entered  the  Christian  Brothers  Colleg-e,  St.  Louis,  where  he 
completed  his  literary  education.  He  then  began  the  study 
of  medicine,  graduating  at  McDowell's  College  in  1868-9.  He 
then  began  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Franklin  county,  Mo., 
and  continued  until  coming  to  Jerseyville  in  the  spring  of 
1874,  and  continued  in  practice  since. 

CHAS.  R.  ENOS,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Charles  R.  Enos  was  born  in  Madison  county,  N.  Y., 
March,  1815.  In  1874  he  graduated  from  the  Homeopathic 
Medical  College  of  Missouri,  and  has  since  been  a  practicing 
physician. 

In  April,  1882,  he  came  to  Jerseyville  and  in  company 
with  hisson,  Dr.  C.W.  Enos,  practiced  medicine  until  his  son 
moved  to  Denver,  Col.  On  account  of  age  and  infirmities,  at 
the  ripe  old  age  of  85  years,  he  has  retired  from  the  active 
practice  of  medicine. 

EDWARD  L.  H.  BARRY,  M.  D. 

Dr.  E.  L.  H.  Barry  was  born  in  the  city  of  Cork,  Ireland, 
and  educated  at  St.  Stephen's  Hospital,  a  Protestant  Episco- 
pal school.  None  but  Protestant  Episcopal  children  could 
be  educated  there,  according  to  the  character  of  the  endow- 
ment. 

Shortly  after  leaving  his  school   he  embarked   to  America, 


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and  arrived  at  New  York,  June,  1850.  He  received  his  med- 
ical education  at  Rush  Medical  College  of  Chicago,  graduat- 
ing" in  February,  1860.  Shortly  after  graduating  he  settled 
in  Delhi,  111.,  where  he  married  Miss  Amanda  E.  Black.  At 
the  breaking-  out  of  the  civil  war,  he  raised  Company  H.,  of 
the  97th  Illinois  Volunteers  Infantry. 

He  passed  successfully  his  medical  examinations  before 
the  Government  Board  of  examiners  and  was  commissioned 
as  first  assistant  surgeon  of  the  130th  Illinois  Vol.  Inf.  A  f- 
ter  six  months  of  hardship  on  the  field  he  was  compelled  to 
resign.  After  two  years'  rest  and  recuperation,  he  was  re- 
commissioned  in  September,  1863,  in  the  80th  111.  Vol.  Inf. 
He  was  in  several  of  the  bloodiest  battles  of  the  war.  He  re- 
signed his  commission  in  1864,  and  resumed  the  practice  of 
medicine  again  in  Delhi,  111.,  and  in  the  spring  of  1867,  he 
moved  to  Jersey ville  where  he  has  had  a  large  and  lucrative 
practice  ever  since.  As  a  man  and  a  physician  he  has  been 
highly  respected 

HENRY  R.  GLEDHILL,  A.  B.,  M.  D. 

Dr.  H.  R.  Gledhill  was  born  in  Jerseyville,  Jan.  15,  1869. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Jer- 
seyville, and  is  a  graduate  of  the  Jerseyville  High  School,  of 
the  class  of  1887. 

In  the  fall  of  1887  he  entered  Harvard  University,  grada- 
ting in  a  full  classical  course  in  1891. 

In  the  fall  of  1891,  he  entered  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  in  New  York  City,  graduating  there  in  1894. 

In  Obtober,  1894,  he  came  to  Jerseyville,  111.,  and  began 
the  practice  of  his  profession,  where  he  remains  in  practice 
to  the  present  time,  1901. 

ALBERT  M.  WILES,  D.  O. 

began  the  practice  of  Osteopathy  in  Jerseyville,  Feb.  1,  1900. 
Office  over  Oscar  Hill's  News  Stand.  Graduated  at  the 
"American  School  of  Osteopathy"  at  Kirksville,  Mo.,  Janu- 
ary 31,  1900.  He  finished  his  literary  education  at  the  State 
Normal  School,  of  Kirksville,  Mo. 


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Dr.  Wiles  is  an  exemplary  young-  man  and  is  fast  gain- 
ing- a  lucrative  practice. 

JOHN  S.  WILLIAMS,  M.    D. 

Dr.  J.  S.  Williams  was  born  Aug.  27,  1839,  in  Simpson 
county,  Kentucky,  where  he  remained  until  he  was  14  years 
of  ag-e.  He  then  removed  with  his  mother  to  Lincoln  county, 
Mo.,  his  father  being-  dead.  While  living-  here  he  attended 
the  Hig-h  School  at  Truxton,  Mo.,  and  shortly  afterwards  he 
entered  "Iowa  State  University"  at  Keokuk,  Iowa,  graduat- 
ing- in  1865  in  the  medical  department  of  that  institution. 

During  that  year  he  had  charge  of  a  ward  in  the  hospit- 
al, attending  sick  and  wounded  soldiers. 

He  then  came  to  Jersey  county,  111.,  locating  at  Otter- 
ville,  where  he  practiced  his  profession  until  1870,  when  he 
went  to  St.  Louis  and  took  a  course  of  lectures  at  St.  Louis 
Medical  College,  graduating  in  1871.  He  then  returned  to 
Otterville,  111.,  and  resumed  his  practice. 

Dr.  Williams  removed  to  Jersey ville,  111.,  August,  1891, 
where  he  still  continues  his  practice.  He  was  married  in 
September,  1867,  to  Miss  Millie  Close,  a  native  of  Illinois.  Of 
this  union  two  children  were  born — Lucy  E.,  who  died  in 
1882,  at  the  age  of  13  years,  and  Jesse  Franklin,  who  died  in 
infancy.  Mrs.  Williams  died  in  February,  1873. 

In  December,  1873,  Dr,  Williams  was  married  to  Maggie 
Blackstock,  a  native  of  Wisconsin.  By  this  union  there  were 
three  children  born,  one  dying  in  infancy,  and  Dalton  Hall, 
and  John  B.,  both  now  living.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  farm  of 
412  acres,  located  near  Otterville,  in  Jersey  county,  Illinois. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  State  Medical  Society,  and  of  the 
American  Medical  Association;  also,  of  the  I.  O.  O,  F.  and 
Masonic  Fraternities. 

He  has  been  coroner  two  terms.  His  office  rooms  are 
on  the  corner  of  Washington  and  Exchange  streets.  He  is  a 
busy  man,  and  has  a  lucrative  practice.  He  is  surgeon  at 
Jerseyville  of  the  C.  P.  &  St.  L.  R.  R. 


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MILES  B.  TITTERINGTON,  M.  D. 

Dr.  Tittering-ton  was  born  in  Rock  Island  county,  111., 
July  13,  1870.  Attended  Shurtleff  College  in  1888-'89.  At- 
tended the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  St.  Louis. 

Began  the  practice  of  medicine  in  the  spring  of  1894  in 
Kansas,  and  after  remaining  there  about  two  years,  return- 
ed to  St.  Louis  to  take  another  course  in  medicine  and  sur- 
gery, afterwards  locating  in  Hardin,  Calhoun  county,  111. 

He  left  Hardin  and  went  to  Ohio  and  spent  some  time  in 
special  study  in  surgery,  coming  to  Jerseyville,  Oct.  1,  1898. 
After  practicing  here  alone  about  one  and  one-half  years  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  Dr.  Joseph  W.  Enos,  April  1,  1900. 

JOSEPH    W.    ENOS,  M.  D. 

Dr.  J.  W.  Enos  was  educated  at  the  State  Normal 
School,  Bloomington,  111.  Began  the  study  of  medicine  at 
Pulte  Medical  College,  at  Cincinnati,  in  1879.  Afterwards 
spent  one  year  in  the  city  hospital  at  Cincinnati. 

Attended  the  Hahnemann  Medical  College  and  Hospital 
at  Chicago,  where  he  graduated  in  1881.  Practiced  in  the 
hospitals  at  St.  Louis,  Chicago  and  Philadelphia  at  different 
times.  A  graduate  of  E.  H,  Pratt's  post  graduate  course. 
Also  attended  one  course  of  J.T.Kent's  school  for  post  grad- 
uates. 

Studied  medicine  with,  and  practiced  with  Dr.  C.  W. 
Enos.  .Finally  located  at  Edwardsville,  111.,  where  he  prac- 
ticed medicine  and  surgery  for  six  years.  Afterwards  locat- 
ed in  Alton,  and  was  connected  wito  the  Enos  Sanitarium 
for  five  years.  After  a  rest  of  two  years,  re-located  at  Jer- 
seyville, where  he  is  now  one  of  the  proprietors. of  the  Enos- 
Titterington  Hospital  and  Sanitarium,  in  Jerseyville,  111. 

MISS    S.    CORDELIA    ENOS,   M.  D. 

Attended  Elmira  College  from  1865  to  1870.  Began  the 
study  of  medicine  at  the  Hahnemann  Medical  College,  at 
Chicago,  where  she  graduated  in  1891. 

Began  immediately  after  graduation,  the  practice  of    her 


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profession  in  Alton,  at  the  Enos  Sanitarium,  remaining 
there  about  four  years,  when  she  came  to  Jerseyville,  where 
she  practiced  medicine  for  about  two  years. 

Leaving"  Jerseyville,  she  began  again  the  practice  of  her 
profession  in  Youngstown,  Ohio,  about  1897,  where  she  re- 
mained a  short  time,  being  called  home  by  her  mother's  ill- 
ness. After  her  mother's  death  she  remained  at  home, 
when  she  gave  up  the  practice  of  her  profession  for  the  cares 
of  the  household. 

LYMAN  T.  WAGGONER,     M.  D. 

Dr.  Lyman  T.  Waggoner  was  born  February  22,  1850, 
in  Jersey  county,  Illinois,  where  he  resided  till  eight  years  of 
age,  when  he  moved  with  his  parents  to  Montgomery  county, 
Illinois,  He  attended  the  public  schools  in  those  counties,  in- 
cluding the  Jerseyville  High  School.  Also  he  attended  the 
Indiana  Normal  School,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1879. 

Later  on  he  took  up  the  study  of  medicine,  and  on 
March  5,  1889,  graduated  with  distinction  from  the  Missouri 
Medical  College  at  St.  Louis,  which  at  that  time  was  the 
higher  medical  department  of  the  University  of  Missouri, 
after  which  he  completed  a  course  in  the  St.  Louis  Post 
Graduate  School  of  medicine,  receiving  a  diploma  of  attend- 
ance from  that  institution. 

For  more  than  eleven  years  he  has  practiced  medicine, 
and  in  May,  1901,  located  in  Jerseyville  where  he  now  has 
offices  over  the  National  Bank,  on  the  northwest  corner  of 
Main  and  Pearl  Streets. 

DENTAL  SURGERY. 


WM.   E.  HOLLAND,  D.  D.  S., 

entered  Pennsylvania  Dental  College,  October,  1884.  Came 
to  Jerseyville,  May,  1887.  Entered  into  co-partnership  with 
Dr.  G.  S.  Miles,  in  the  old  Fisher  building.  Moved  into  the 
Snedeker  building  October,  1887,  and  in  November,  1888,  dis- 
solved partnership. 


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In  this  office  he  carried  on  his  profession  until  January 
1,  1900,  he  removed  into  the  Odd  Fellows'  building-,  where  he 
now  remains. 

HENRY  WARNER  RICH,  D.  D.   S. 

Attended  the  Chicago  College  of  Dental  Surgery  from 
1894  to  1897.  Opened  office  in  Jersey ville,  111.,  on  Main  street, 
August,  1897,  where  he  has  pursued  his  profession  success- 
fully to  the  present  time. 


HON.  A.    I..   K  \'AP. 


HON.    U.  M.   KNAPP. 


OI.IYKK  P.    MYKICK. 


M.    J.    DOLA.N. 


H     W.  I'OGUE. 


O.  D.  LEACH. 


ED  J.  VATJGttN. 


QHAB.  S,   WHITE. 


The  Jerseyville  Bar. 

HON.  ANTHONY  L.   KNAPP. 

Anthony  L.  Knapp  was  born  in  Middletown,  Delaware 
county,  New  York,  June  14,  1828. 

In  1849,  at  the  age  of  21,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and 
first  located  in  Jerseyville.  At  the  age  of  30  years  he  be- 
came a  candidate  for  State  Senator,  accompanying"  Stephen 
A.  Douglas  and  Abraham  Lincoln  in  their  memorable  cam- 
paign. 

He  was  elected  to  the  37th  Congress  in  1861,  to  fill  the 
vacancy  caused  by  the  resignation  of  Gen.  John  A.  McCler- 
nand.  He  nobly  distinguished  himself  in  both  the  36th  and 
37th  Congresses.  Some  of  his  speeches  were  used  for  cam- 
paign documents.  On  returning  from  Congress,  Mr.  Knapp 
took  up  again  the  practice  of  law  in  Chicago  in  1865, 

In  1867  he  moved  to  Springfield,  111.,  where  he  formed  a 
law  partnership  with  James  C.  Robinson,  which  continued 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  Monday,  May  23,  1881. 

HON.     ROBERT    M.    KNAPP. 

Robert  M.  Knapp  was  born  in  the  city  of  New  York, 
April  21,  1831.  He  was  the  son  of  Dr.  Augustus  R.  Knapp, 
an  eminent  physician  of  Jerseyville.  He  came  to  Jerseyville 
with  his  father  and  mother  at  the  age  of  9  years,  in  1840.  Re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  schools  of  Jerseyville,  and 
at  the  age  of  18  years  he  entered  the  Kentucky  State  Milita- 
ry Institute,  at  Frankfort.  While  here  at  school  he  took  the 
California  gold  fever,  and  we  next  see  him  traveling  the  over- 
land route  to  California.  Here  he  remained  two  years,  suc- 
cessfully operating  the  gold  mines.  Returning  from  Califor- 
nia he  resumed  his  studies  in  the  military  institute. 

He  was  admitted  to  the  bar   in  1855,  and  began  the  prac- 


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tice  of  law  in  Jersey  ville.  On  Dec.  26,  1855,  he  was  married 
to  Fannie  A.  Green,  the  daughter  of  Captain  Stephen  S. 
Green,  who  ran  a  line  of  boats  from  New  York  to  Sing-Sing 
for  several  years. 

In  1867,  Mr.  Knapp  was  elected  to  the  General  Assem- 
bly, but  declined  to  be  a  candidate  for  a  second  term. 

In  1871  he  was  elected  Mayor  ot  Jerseyville,  and  re- 
elected  in  1872  and  in  1876. 

He  was  elected  to  the  43rd  Congress  in  1872,  and  was  re- 
nominated  in  1874,  and  in  1876  was  again  renominated  and 
elected. 

In  the  43rd  Congress  he  served   on  the  committee  on  the 
revision  of  the  laws.      He  addressed  the  House  on  the    "Civil 
Rights   Bill,"   and  on  the    subject  of  Finance  and   Taxation. 
This  latter  speech  was  an  earnest  protest  against  legislation 
which   favored  the  usurpation  and    monopolies  of  banks  and 
bond-holders,   to  the   detriment  of  the  best  interests  of  the 
people. 

He  was  a  prominent  man  in  the  politics  of  this  countv 
and  had  an  extensive  influence.  A  few  moments  before  6 
o'clock  on  the  morning  of  June  24,  1889,  he  passed  into  eter- 
nity. He  was  a  Knight  Templar,  and  was  buried  with  Ma- 
sonic honors. 

HON.    OR  VILLE  A.   SNKDEKKR. 

Hon.  Orville  A.  Snedeker  was  born  in  Jerseyville,  111., 
June  11,  1848.  He  was  the  second  son  of  Isaac  and  Caroline 
Snedeker,  who  came  to  Jerseyville  in  the  spring  of  1844  from 
New  Jersey.  His  early  education  was  obtained  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Jerseyville.  Was  a  graduate  of  Shurtleff  Col- 
lege, a  graduate  also  of  Bryant  &  Stratton's  Business  Col- 
lege. 

Immediately  he  began  the  study  of  law  in  the  law  office 
of  Judge  R.  A.  King.  He  passed  his  examination  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1871.  and  practiced  successfully  for 
many  years  in  the  lower  and  higher  courts. 


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In  1892  he  was  elected  to  the  State  Legislature,  a  mem- 
ber of  47th  District,  39th  General  Assembly,  and  re-elected 
in  1894. 

He  was  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Executive  De- 
partment, also  a  member  of  the  Committee  on  Judiciary,  Ju- 
dicial Department  and  Practice,  State  Institutions,  Sanita- 
ry Affairs,  Public  Building's  and  Grounds. 

He  exerted  his  best  efforts  in  carrying1  the  Lovejoy 
monument  appropriation  for  the  monument  at  Alton,  111. 

Championed  the  cause  of  the  State  Horticultural  Society, 
by  which  an  appropriation  of  $4,000  per  annum  was  made, 
and  it  became  a  law. 

He  was  the  author  and  introducer  of  the  school  house 
Flag  Bill,  No.  42,  in  the  House,  requiring  school  directors  to 
furnish  the  schools  with  United  States  flags,  but  giving  the 
pupils  attending  the  right  to  determine  when  Old  Glory  shall 
be  unfurled. 

Mr.  Snedeker  was  a  lawyer  by  profession, but  carried  on 
farming  on  a  large  scale  and  is  reputed  as  having  the  largest 
orchard  in  the  district,  making  9,000  apple  trees. 

The  official  vote  of  Nov.  6,  1894,  shows  in  what  esteem 
he  was  held  by  the  people  when  he  ran  for  Representative  on 
the  Republican  ticket,  in  a  district  that  was  claimed  by  the 
opposite  party  by  1,319  majority.  He  ran  993  votes  ahead  of 
his  ticket. 

August  12,  1873,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  Delzell, 
of  Philadelphia.  The  fruits  of  this  union  were  three  child- 
ren— Etta  Caroline,  Isaac  D.,  and  Frank  S.  Etta  C.  died  in 
1883,  in  about  her  fifth  year.  Mr  Snedeker,  with  his  wife 
and  two  sons,  was  member  in  good  and  regular  standing  in 
the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Jerseyville. 

He  died  of  a  slow  and  lingering  disease,  spinal  paralysis, 
but  his  immediate  death  was  very  sudden,  being  caused  by 
pneumonia.  In  his  death  the  church  has  lost  a  loyal  and  lib- 
eral member,  the  community  an  honest  and  useful  citizen, 
his  wife  and  children  a  devoted  husband  and  father.  He 


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died  September  4,  1897.       "He  rests  from  his  labors,  but  his 
works  do  follow  him." 

HON.    GKORGK  W.  HKRDMAN. 

Hon.  George  W.  Herdman  came  to  Jersey ville  with  his 
parents  in  1854.  Attended  the  common  schools  of  his  county 
until  he  entered  Jerseyville  Academy,  taught  by  Rev.  C. 
H.  Foote,  D.  D.,  in  the  winters  of  1857-8. 

In  the  spring-  of  1859  he  taught  his  first  school  near  the 
old  poor  farm,  in  what  was  then  called  "Hickory  Log"  school 
house.  Taught  continuously  until  1865.  In  the  fall  of  that 
year  he  entered  the  "University  of  Louisville,"  Louisville, 
Ky.,  from  which  University  he  graduated  in  the  spring  of 

1867, 

Immediately  after  returning  home  he  opened  a  law  of- 
fice and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession.  In  a  few  months 
he  formed  a  partnership  with  Hon.  Robert  A.  King  and  E. 
A.  Pinero,  under  the  firm  name  of  "King,  Pinero  &  Herd- 
man." In  January,  Mr.  Herdman  bought  out  Mr.  King's  in- 
terest in  the  office,  King  retiring,  when  his  practice  continu- 
ed under  the  new  firm  name  of  Pinero  &  Herdman.  This 
partnership  continued  until  the  fall  of  1869,  whe  Mr.  Pinero 
retired  from  the  practice. 

From  this  date  Mr.  Herdman  continued  the  practice  of 
law  alone  until  in  the  fall  of  1870,  when  he  formed  a  co-part- 
nership with  Hon.  Robert  N.  Knapp  under  the  firm  name  of 
Knapp  &  Herdman.  Thi>  firm  carried  on  the  practice  until 
the  fall  of  1872,  when  the  firm  was  dissolved.  Again  he  con- 
tinued the  practice  of  law  alone,  until  he  was  elected  Circuit 
Judge  in  '82.  Was  City  Attorney  in  1868-9;  was  elected 
member  of  the  Illinois  Legislature  in  the  fall  of  1870.  In  '76 
Mr.  Herdman  was  elected  State  Senator  for  four  years. 

Served  as  Judge  of  Circuit*  Court  from  the  spring  of 
1882  to  July  1897,  a  period  of  fifteen  years.  He  was  member 
of  the  Board  of  Education  of  the  city  of  Jerseyville  for  eight 
years,  and  for  five  years  President  of  said  Board.  Since 
then  he  has  practiced  law  alone  in  Jer.seyyille  up  to  the  pres- 
ent date,  1901. 


.fudge  G.  \V.  Herdman. 


Judge  A.   M.  Slaten. 


O.  B.   Hamilton. 


T.  S.  C'liapman. 


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O.    B.    HAMILTON. 

Oscar  B.  Hamilton  was  born  Jan.  31,  1839,  at  Otter- 
ville,  Greene  county,  Illinois.  Secured  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  at  Graf  ton,  at  Hamilton  Primary  School  at  Ot- 
terville,  and  at  the  St.  Louis  Law  School.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  St.  Louis  in  1870,  in  Supreme  Court  of  Illinois 
in  January,  1871,  in  United  States  District  Court,  1875,  in 
the  United  States  Circuit  Court,  1877,  in  the  District  Couri 
of  Kansas,  1886,  and  in  the  United  States  Circuit  Court, 
District  of  Kansas,  in  1888. 

He  formed  a  partnership  with  Orville  A.  Snedeker  and 
opened  an  office  in  Jerseyville,  111.,  in  March,  1874.  In  1883 
this  firm  was  dissolved,  and  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
Judge  Allen  M.  Slaten  under  the  firm  name  of  "Hamilton  & 
Slaten,"  which  continued  until  the  fall  of  1886,  when  Mr. 
Hamilton  removed  to  Meade  county,  Kansas,  and  engaged  in 
the  business  of  banking1  and  the  practice  of  his  profession. 

In  January,  1887,  Mr.  Hamilton  presided  as  Judge  Pro 
Tern,  during  a  term  of  the  District  Court  of  Meade  county, 
Kansas,  and  upon  several  other  occasions  was  called  upon  to 
fill  the  same  office. 

In  August,  1890,  he  returned  to  Jerseyville  and  entered 
into  partnership  with  Otis  D.  Leach,  under  the  firm  name 
of  "Hamilton  &  Leach,"  which  was  dissolved  in  1892,  and  a 
partnership  with  Leighton  E.  Brown,  under  the  firm  name 
of  "Hamilton  &  Brown,"  was  formed,  which  was  dissolved  in 
1893,  and  in  1894  he  entered  into  partnership  with  his  son, 
Paul  M.  Hamilton,  which  still  continues. 

Mr.  Hamilton  was  married  October  25,  1860,  to  Eliza  M. 
Brown,  by  Rev.  B.  B.  Hamilton,  and  there  have  been  eleven 
children  born  to  them. 

Mr.  Hamilton  is  President  of  the  Jersey  County  Bar  As- 
sociation, one  of  the  Trustees  of  the  George  Washington 
Educational  Fund,  a  Director,  and  for  several  years  has  been 
an  active  promoter  of  Piasa  Chautauqua  Assembly,  and  has 


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for  many  years  been  an  officer  in  the  M.  E.  Church,  having 
been  for  nine  years  Superintendent  of  its  Sunday  School,  be- 
sides many  other  positions  of  honor  and  trust  he  has  hereto- 
fore filled. 

HON.  THEODORE   S.  CHAPMAN. 

Hon.  Theodore  S.  Chapman  was  educated  at  Madison 
University,  at  Hamilton,  N.  Y.  Studied  law  for  several 
years  while  teaching-  school  at  Otterville,  111.  Passed  his  ex- 
amination before  the  Supreme  Court  at  Spring-field,  111.,  Dec., 
1874.  Immediately  beg-an  the  practice  of  law  at  Jerseyville 
after  being-  admitted  to  the  bar,  opening  an  office  in  the 
Hamilton  building-,  southeast  corner  of  the  court  house 
square,  remaining-  in  the  same  office  for  25  years.  During 
these  25  years  he  practiced  alone,  except  the  two  years  in 
which  Mr.  E.  J.  Vaughn  was  partner  with  him.  Moved  his 
office  to  the  first  floor,  and  there  remains  to  the  present  time, 
1901. 

FClected  to  the  House  of  Representatives  in  1884:  also 
elected  to  the  Senate  in  1888.  Appointed  by  Governor  Tan- 
ner first  Food  Commissioner,  July  1,  1899.  Resigned,  Octo- 
ber 17,  1899.  President  of  the  George  Washington  Educa- 
tional Fund  for  twelve  years,  and  still  so  remains. 

Purchased  the  Abstract  Records  of  Jersey  county  in 
1893,  and  employed  M.  E.  Bagley,  who  has  kept  records  to 
the  present  time. 

HARRY  WARREN  POGUK. 

Harry  Warren  Pogue,  a  graduate  of  the  Jersey- 
ville High  School  of  the  class  of  '82.  Began  reading  law  in 
the  office  of  Warren  &  Pogue  in  the  fall  of  1882.  Passed  his 
examination  before  the  Appellate  Court  at  Mt.  Vernon,  and 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  the  May  term  of  the  Supreme  Court, 
May,  1886. 

Elected  State's  Attorney  at  a  special  election  in  the  fall 
of  1887,  caused  by  the  resignation  of  A.  A.  Goodrich,  who 
was  elected  County  Judge  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by  the 
death  of  Wm.  H.  Pogue,  who  was  County  Judge  at  the  time 


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of  his  death,  which  occurred  September  21,  1887.  Mr. 
Pogue  was  elected  for  two  succeeding-  full  terms,  going1  out 
of  that  office  December,  1896. 

At  present  he  occupies  the  same  office  building-  former- 
ly occupied  by  his  grand-father,  Judg-e  Geo.  E.  Warren,  and 
his  father,  Wm.  H.  Pog-ue,  attorneys,  in  the  Vandevoort 
building1,  on  West  Pearl  street. 

His  practice  extends  into  the  adjoining-  counties.  Though 
not  rich,  yet  has  made  a  competency,  with  a  beautiful  home, 
are  sufficient  evidences  of  his  success. 

HON.     T.     F.    FERNS. 

Hon.  Thomas  Francis  Ferns  was  born  in  Jerseyville, 
Jersey  county,  Illinois,  July  27,  1862,  which  place  has  always 
been  his  home.  Graduated  from  the  Jerseyville  Hig-h 
School,  May  16,  1882,  and  from  the  St.  Louis  Law  School  in 
May,  1885.  Admitted  to  practice  of  law  in  Illinois  in  the  spring 
of  1885.  Was  elected  and  held  office,  of  city  attorney  for 
three  consecutive  terms,  from  1885  to  1891. 

Was  elected  three  successive  terms  to  the  Illinois  Gen- 
eral Assembly,  serving- in  the  House  of  Representatives  from 
1891  to  1895,  inclusive. 

Mr.  Ferns  was  married  June  26,  1895,  to  Miss  Elizabeth 
C.  White,  of  Spring-field,  111.  They  have  three  children — 
Edith,  Thomas  F.,  jr.,  and  Stephen  White.  They  live  on  the 
farm  east  of  Jerseyville,  known  as  "Ferndale  Place,"  con- 
sisting- of  240  acres,  The  farm  is  stocked  with  pedigreed 
Polled  Durham  cattle  and  Poland  China  hog's.  Mr.  Ferns 
continues  in  active  practice  of  the  law  as  well  as  managing 
his  farm. 

In  the  spring-  of  1900  he  became  the  owner  of  the  Villin- 
g-er  Opera  House,  and  thoroughly  remodeled  the  entire 
building-,  stage  and  scenery,  until  Jerseyville  can  now  boast 
of  a  first  class  opera  house. 

OTIS  D.    LTCACH. 

Otis    D.  Leach  was  born  in   Illinois,  October  4,  1860.     A 


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graduate  of  the  Jerseyville  High  School,  of  the  class  of  1880. 

Immediately  after  graduating-  he  became  Principal  ot 
the  Grafton  public  schools  for  three  years.  Was  elected  to 
the  office  of  County  Superintendent  of  public  schools  in  the 
fall  of  1886,  and  served  one  term. 

Passed  his  examination  before  the  Appellate  Court  at 
Mt.  Vernon,  in  1890,  and  was  immediately  admitted  to  the 
bar,  and  formed  a  law  partnership  with  O.  B.  Hamilton,  in 
1890.  After  three  years,  in  1893,  this  partnership  was  dis- 
solved and  Mr.  Leach  continued  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion alone  in  the  Shephard  building,  South  State  street. 

In  June,  1900,  he  was  appointed  "Attorney  in  Charge  of 
Claims"  for  the  C  &.  A.  Railroad  Company,  which  position 
he  holds  at  the  present  time,  1901.  His  present  office  and 
vaults  are  at  the  southwest  corner  of  the  court  house  square. 

EDWARD  J.  VAUGHN. 

Edward  J.  Vaughn,  a  graduate  of  the  Jerseyville  High 
School,  of  the  class  of  1888.  Began  the  study  of  law  in  the 
office  of  T.  S.  Chapman,  immediately  after  finishing  his  lit- 
erary education  in  June,  1888. 

Passed  his  examination  before  the  Appellate  Court  at 
Springfield,  Illinois,  November,  1890. 

Admitted  to  the  bar  Januai'y,  1891.  Began  the  practice 
of  law  in  the  office  of  T.  S.  Chapman,  January,  1891.  Form- 
ed a  law  partnership  with  T.  S.  Chapman  in  1894,  and  dis- 
solved in  1896.  Removed  his  office  to  the  Bull  building  in 
October,  1896,  and  has  since  followed  his  profession. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education,  and  is  now 
serving  his  third  term.  Was  city  attorney  in  1895-6. 

CHARLES  S.  WHITE. 

Charles  S.  White,  a  graduate  of  the  Jerseyville  High 
School,  of  the  class  of  1886.  Began  the  study  of  law  in  the 
office  of  Chapman  &  Vaughn  in  the  spring  of  1893. 

Passed  his  examination  before  the  Appellate  Court  in 
February,  1895. 


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Admitted  to  the  bar  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  Illinois, 
May  10,  1895.  Begun  the  practice  of  law  in  the  office  now  oc- 
cupied by  him  in  the  Chapman  building-  February  1,  1896, 
Admitted  to  practice  before  the  District  Court  of  the  United 
States,  February  5,  1900. 

He  is  also  Secretary  and  Attorney  for  the  Jersey  County 
Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company.  Also  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Education  of  Jerseyville  Public  Schools. 

H.     P.   NOBLE. 

H.  P.  Noble,  a  graduate  of  the  Jerseyville  High  School, 
of  the  class  of  1894 

Passed  his  legal  examination  before  the  Appellate  Court 
at  Mt.  Vernon,  111.,  August,  1896,  and  was  admitted  to  prac- 
tice by  the  Supreme  Court  of  111.,  Nov.  19,  1896,  and  immedi- 
ately began  the  practice  of  law  in  his  present  office  in  the 
Chapman  building  on  Pearl  St.,  where  his  office  remains  at 
the  present  time. 

Elected  city  attorney  of  Jerseyville,  April  16,  1901. 

JOHN    J.  HUGHES. 

John  J.  Hughes  completed  his  literary  education  in  the 
Jerseyville  High  School.  Began  the  study  of  law  in  1893,  at 
the  Northwestern  University  Law  School,  at  Chicago. 

Passed  his  legal  examination  before  the  Appellate  Court 
at  Chicago,  March  26,  1895,  and  admitted  to  the  bar  at  same 
date.  Immediately  he  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Chicago 
in  1895. 

Came  to  Jerseyville  in  1896,  and  opened  a  law  office  at 
No.  7,  South  State  street,  where  he  has  continued  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  to  the  present  time. 

GEORGE   M.    SEAGO. 

George  M.  Seago,  a  graduate  of  the  Jerseyville  High 
School,  class  of  1891.  Admitted  to  the  bar  in  1894,  opening 
an  office  in  Jerseyville  immediately  after  being  admitted. 

In  1899  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  city  attorney  with- 
out opposition.  In  the  fall  of  1900  he  was  elected  State's 


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Attorney.  He  is  at  present  Secretary  of  the  Jerseyville 
Building-  and  Loan  Association,  with  offices  in  the  Carlin 
building-. 

PAUL    M.  HAMILTON. 

Paul  M.  Hamilton  was  born  December  18,  1872,  at  Ot- 
terville,  Jersey  county,  Illinois.  Son  of  Oscar  B.  and  Eliza 
M.  Hamilton. 

Received  his  education  at  the  Jerseyville  Hig-h  School. 
Passed  his  examination  at  Springfield,  Illinois,  in  May,  1895, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  June,  1895,  and  immediately 
formed  a  law  partnership  with  his  father,  O  B.  Hamilton, 
and  entered  upon  the  practice  of  law,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Hamilton  &  Hamilton.  Office  over  the  National  Bank,  cor- 
ner of  State  and  Pearl  streets. 

In  1901  he  was  appointed  attorney  in  the  Claims  Depart- 
ment of  the  Chicago  &  Alton  R.  R.  Served  as  Secretary  of 
the  Piasa  Chautauqua  Assembly  for  the  years  1900  and  1901. 
A.  A.  GOODRICH. 

Adams  Augustus  Goodrich  was  born  at  Jerseyville,  Jan. 
8,1849.  The  son  of  Henry  O.  and  Jane  A.  (Knapp)  Good- 
rich. 

After  attending-  the  public  schools  he  took  a  course  in 
the  West  Point  Military  Academy.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  Jan.,  1873,  and  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Jer- 
seyville; held  the  office  of  city  attorney  three  terms. 

In  1878  he  was  elected  State's  attorney,  and  re-elected 
in  1880  and  1884.  In  1887  he  was  elected  County  Judge  to 
fill  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  Wm.  H.  Pogue. 

Judge  Goodrich  is  now  a  prominent  attorney  in  the  citv 
of  Chicago,  being  associated  with  Judge  Vincent  of  that  city- 

JOSKPH  s.  CAKR. 

Joseph  S.  Carr  was  born  at  St.  Charles,  Mo.,  in  1832. 
His  father,  John  Carr,  was  murdered  in  the  City  Hotel,  St. 
Louis,  in  1840.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  graduated  from 
the  St.  Charles  College,  and  in  1869  came  to  Illinois,  locating 


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at  Kane,  Greene  county.  In  1883  he  came  to  Jersey  ville  where 
he  practiced  his  profession  until  his  death  in  1896. 

HON.  T.  J.    SKLBY. 

Hon.  T..T.  Selby  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1869.  In  connec- 
tion with  his  profession,  held  the  offices  of  sheriff  and  county 
clerk.  In  '76  he  formed  a  partnership  with  E.  A.  Pinero  which 
continued  until  he  moved  to  Nebraska  in  1879.  After  prac- 
ticing" for  some  years  in  the  West,  he  returned  and  located 
at  Hardin,  Calhoun  County,  where  he  held  the  office  of  State's 
Attorney  for  three  terms,  and  in  1900  was  elected  to  Con- 
gress on  the  democratic  ticket  from  the  16th  district.  While 
a  resident  of  .Terse v ville,  Mr.  Selby  served  three  terms  as 
mayor. 

JUDGE    ALLEN    M.  SLATEN. 

Judg-e  Allen  M.  Slaten  was  born  July  28,  1842,  in  Jersey 
Co.,  111.  Received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  county. 

Entered  McKendree  College  in  the  fall  of  1858,  and  studi- 
ed there  two  years. 

Graduated  at  Jones'  Commercial  Colleg-e  in  1862. 

Followed  boating1  on  the  Mississippi  river  from  spring- of 
1862  to  1866. 

He  married  Miss  Addie  VanDewater  Jan.  24,  1866.  By 
by  this  union  were  born  eig-bt  children,  four  of  whom  still 
survive:  Alyertie,  wife  of  Thos.  A.  Case,  former  Co.  Supt.  of 
Public  Schools;  Addie  Louise,  wife  of  George  H.  Senior; 
Charles  W;  and  Emma  M.  Slaten,  young-est,  at  home. 

After  this  period  he  was  eng-ag-ed  in  farming  for  two 
years. 

He  next  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in  Otterville 
for  about  two  years. 

Began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  J.  W.  and  B.  F. 
Slaten  in  1873,  and  afterwards  with  Judge  W.  G.  Kase  in  St. 
Louis,  Mo.  He  passed  his  examination  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  January,  1876,  and  at  once  began  the  practice  of 
his  profession  in  Jerseyville.  Was  elected  County  Judge  of 


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Jersey  County,  111.,  at  the  general  election  of  1890,  no  oppo- 
sition. Was  re-elected  in  1894,  and  served  one  term.  Was 
again  re-elected  for  third  term  in  1898,  and  is  the  present 
incumbent. 


"First  (£ourt   3{ouse. 


The  first  court  house  built  in  Jerseyville  was  in  1840,  by 
subscriptions  from  the  people.  It  was  originally  40  feet 
square.  Aaron  Rue  and  Payten  C.  Walker  did  the  carpenter 
work,  and  Peter  Perrine  did  the  brick  work.  It  was  built 
on  the  block  given  by  Lott  &  Daly  to  the  town  for  a  public 
square,  and  the  trustees  of  the  town  deeded  it  to  the  county 
for  a  public  building. 

In  1862  an  addition  on  the  north  side  was  built,  16x30 
feet  in  size,  for  jail  purposes.  On  the  morning  of  January 
6, 1884,  a  very  cold  winter  morning,  it  burned  up  and  some 
four  inmates  perished.  Any  person  wishing  to  read  at  length 
about  this  sad  and  sorrowful  event,  let  him  turn  to  the 
"History  of  Greene  and  Jersey  Counties,"  page  100.  where 
he  will  find  details  I  prefer  not  to  repeat  in  my  history. 


dourt   3(ouse. 


At  a  meeting-  of  the  Board 
of  Supervisors  of  Jersey 
County,  March  2,  1892,  they 
issued  an  order  to  the  elec- 
tors of  said  county  to  issue 
Forty  Thousand  Dollars  in 
County  bonds  for  the  pur- 
pose of  building-  a  new  court 
house.  The  vote  resulted 
as  follows: 

For  county  bonds  -    1366, 
Ag-ainst  "         "       -977 
votes. 

Whereupon  Supervisor 
L.  T.  English  presented  the 
following1  resolution,  which  was  unanimously  adopted,  and 
on  motion  of  Supervisor  C.  P.  Stafford,  each  of  the  twelve 
members  of  the  Board  voting-  in  the  affirmative  on  roll  call: 
"WHBREAS,  It  appears  from  the  returns  submitted  to 
the  Board  by  the  county  clerk,  that  the  proposition  to  issue 
forty  thousand  dollars  in  county  bonds  for  the  purpose  of 
building-  a  court  house  for  Jersey  county,  submitted  at  the 
g-eneral  election  in  November,  1892,  was  carried  by  a  major- 
ity of  the  leg-al  votes  cast  upon  the  proposition,  therefore  be 
it 

RESOLVED,  That  this  Board  shall  proceed  without  de- 
lay to  erect  a  court  house  upon  the  public  square  in  Jersey- 
ville  for  the  use  of  said  county,  to  cost  not  to  exceed  forty 
thousand  dollars. 

RESOLVED,  That  the  funds  necessary  to  defray  the 
cost  and  expense  of  building-  be  raised  by  the  issue  and  sale 


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of  county  bonds  to  the  extent  of  forty  thousand  dollars, 
drawing  interest  not  exceeding"  five  per  cent." 

The  building1  committee  was  composed  of  the  following 
g-entlemen:  P.  D.  Cheney,^  James  Stirratt,  Wm.  Goshorn,  C. 
P.  Stafford  and  Joseph  Knig-ht.  April  11,  1893,  the  contract 
for  building"  the  court  house  was  let  to  F.  W.  Menke,  of 
Quincy,  111.,  who  gave  bond  for  $30,000  for  the  faithful  per- 
formance of  his  part  of  said  contract. 

The  corner  stone  of  the  new  court  house  was  laid  July 
4,  1893.  All  the  citizens  of  Jersey  county  were  invited  to  be 
present  and  participate  in  the  exercises  of  the  day.  The 
County  Board  and  county  officers  of  Greene  county  were  in- 
vited to  be  present. 

The  building-  committee  accepted  the  new  court  house 
from  the.  hands  of  Mr.  Menke,  May  5,  1894,  and  they  made 
report  to  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  June  5,  1894.  The 
amount  paid  the  contractor,  F.  W.  Menke,  was  840,411.85. 

The  building"  is  solidly  constructed  of  Grafton  stone,  and 
is  a  very  beautiful  and  imposing-  structure.  Its  height  from 
the  ground  to  the  top  of  the  statue  is  124^  feet;  length,  90 
feet;  width,  71  feet. 

In  the  basement  are  six  rooms;  on  the  lower  floor  are  six 
rooms;  on  the  second  floor  are  eight  rooms.  It  contains  four 
fire-proof  vaults,  each  6x26  feet,  making  in  all  about  9,360 
cubic  feet  of  vault  room.  It  is  a  beautiful  and  substantial 
structure,  and  does  credit  to  the  architect  who  planned  it, 
the  building  committee  who  superintended  it,  Mr.  Menke 
who  built  it,  and  the  people  of  Jersey  county  who  own  it. 


COSMOS  KELLER,   SHERIFF.  J-  C.  MCGRATH,  CO.  CLPiRK. 


KICHAKD  KIELY,   TREASURER.  J.   \V.   ROBERTS,   SUPT.    SCHOOLS. 


Jersey  (Bounty    ©ffidals. 


COUNTY    CLBRKS. 

Richard  Graham,  from  1839  to  1843. 

George  W.   Lowder,  from  1843  to  1857. 

Andrew  Jackson,  from  1857  to   1869. 

Thomas  J.  Selby,  from  1869  to  1877. 

James  Eads,  from  1877  to  1885. 

D.  J.  Murphy,  from  1885  to  1898. 

J.  C.  McGrath,  from  1898.     (present  incumbent.) 

SHERIFFS  OF  JERSEY  COUNTY. 

The  first  sheriff  of  Jersey  county  was  John  N.  English, 
Sr.,  elected  at  the  presidential  election  of  1840.  John  N. 
English,  Sr.,  and  Samnel  T.  Kendall  were  the  nominees; 
English's  majority  was  one  (1)  vote. 

Perley  Silloway  succeeded  Mr.  English  in  1842.  His 
majority  over  Murray  Cheney  and  Adam  Waggoner  was  55. 

Perley  Silloway  was  again  elected  in  the  August  election 
of  1844.  His  majority  over  Isaac  Harbert  and  Delevan  D. 
Wilcox  was  125. 

In  1846,  Jonathan  Plowman  was  elected;  his  majority 
over  Silloway,  Snedeker  and  John  Darneille  was  58. 

In  1848,  Jonathan  Plowman  was  again  elected;  his  ma- 
jority over  Right  Casey  and  Josiah  French  was  98. 

In  1S50,  Capt.  Murray  Cheney  was  the  incumbent,  and 
it  seems  impossible  to  ascertain  information  further. 

In  1852,  J,  M.  Kurd  was  elected  by  a  majority  of  4  over 
Plowman. 

In  1854,  Jonathan  Plowman  was  elected  by  a  majority  of 
25  over  John  F.  Smith. 

In  1856,  Benjamin  Wedding  was  elected  by  a  plurality  of 
204  votes  over  Bowman  and  Hurd. 


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In  1858,  Charles  H.  Bowman  was  elected  by  a  majority 
of  18  votes  over  John  L.  Johnson. 

In  1860,  Wm.  H.  Cumming's  was  elected  by  a  majority  of 
154  over  Wedding1. 

In  1862,  Charles  H.  Bowman  was  elected  by  a  plurality 
of  647  votes  over  Adam  Clendenin. 

In  1864,  T.  J.  Selby  was  elected  by  a  majority  of  644 
votes  over  Billings  and  Craig1.  Selby  received  1437  votes. 
Billing-s  121,  Craig-  793. 

In  1866,  Charles  H.  Bowman  received  a  plurality  of  368 
over  Massey  and  Keeley. 

In  1868,  James  H.  Belt  received  481  votes  over  Dough- 
erty and  McKinney. 

In  1870,  Stephen  H.  Bowman  was  elected  over  John  C. 
Darby  by  a  plurality  of  165  votes. 

In  1872,  Charles  H.  Bowman  was  elected,  but  died  Janu- 
ary 6,  1873,  following1. 

On  February  15,  1873,  Stephen  H.  Bowman  was,  at  a 
special  election,  elected  to  fill  out  the  unexpired  term  of 
Charles  H.  Bowman. 

In  1874,  A,  H.  Barrett  was  elected  over  Allen  and  Cal- 
houn  by  a  majority  of  151. 

In  1876,  James  M.  Young1  was  elected  by  a  plurality  vote 
of  625  over  A.  H.  Barrett. 

In  1878,  James  M.  Young1  succeeded  himself  by  a  major- 
ity of  1140  votes  over  Ford,  McBride  and  Vinson. 

In  1880,  Henry  C.  Massey  defeated  Chas.  C.  Buzby  by 
505  votes 

In  1882,  Charles  S.  Frost  received  528  votes  over  Thos. 
F.  Hansell.  (First  man  on  four  year  term.) 

In  1886,  Jesse  Kerzy  Cadwallader  was  elected  by  a  plu- 
rality of  64  votes  over  Fitzgibbons. 

In  1890,  Cosmos  Keller  was  elected  by  a  majority  of  765 
votes  over  Jestus  A.  Post. 

In  1894,  A.  R.  Chappell  was  elected  by  a  plurality  of  100 
over  B.  F.  Calhoun. 


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In  1898,  Cosmos  Keller  was  elected,  defeating-  D.  P. 
Noble  by  266  votes. 

CIRCUIT  CLP:RKS. 

The  first  circuit  clerk  of  Jersey  county  was  Robert  L. 
Hill,  father  of  Oscar  Hill.  He  served  from  1839  to  1849. 

Thos.  L.  McGill,  from  1849  to  1860. 

Marcus  E.  Bag-ley,  from   1860  to  1880—20  years. 

Jesse  I.  McGready,  from  1880  to  1888. 

Ludovic   Laurent,  from  1888  to  the  present  time. 

JUDGES  OF  PROBATK  COURT. 

Joseph  G.  Scott,  from  1839  to  1847;  J.  M.  Kurd  from  '47 
to  '49;  Geo.  E.  Warren,  senior,  from  '49  to  '57;  O.  P.  Powell 
from  '57  to  '61;  J.  M.  Hurd,  from  '61  to  '72;  Robert  A. 
King-,  from  '72  to  '82;  Win.  H.  Pog-ue,  from  '82  to  '87;  A.  A. 
Goodrich,  from  '87  to  '90;  A.  M.  Slaten,  from  '90  to  present 
time,  1901. 

TREASURERS  AND  ASSESSORS. 

C.  Easell  was  elected  in  '43  and  served  four  years;  Solo- 
man  Calhoun  was  elected  Sept.  9,  '47,  and  served  one  term; 
Solomon  Calhoun  was  re-elected  Nov.  8,  '53,  by  a  majority  of 
935  over  H.  N.  Belt,  and  served  one  term;  Solomon  Calhoun 
was  again  re-elected,  Nov.,  '55,  and  served  one  term;  John 
F.  Smith  was  elected  Nov.  8,  '59,  by  a  majority  of  364  over 
E.  M.  Smith;  John  F.  Smith  was  ag-ain  elected  by  a  majority 
of  382  over  J.  T.  Ross;  John  F.  Smith  ag-ain  re-elected  by  a 
majority  of  510  over  Harley  Hayes;  James  Young-  was  elect- 
ed to  this  office  November,  '70,  by  a  majority  of  436  over 
James  Burke. 

COUNTY  TREASURERS. 

James  M.  Young-,  at  a  June  election,  '73,  was  elected  by 
a  majority  of  528  over  H.  N.  Belt;  John  P.  Stout  was  elected 
by  a  plurality  of  48  votes  over  Thos.  O'Donnell,  Patrick  Con- 
way  and  M.  C.  Stanley;  Thomas  O'Donnell  was  elected  in 
'77  by  a  plurality  of  76  votes  over  Nelson  and  Stout;  in  '79, 
Thomas  O'Donnell  was  elected  to  the  office,  receiving-  306 


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majority  over  J.C.  Darby  and  W.H.H.  West;  John  A.  Shep- 
hard  was  elected  January,  '80,  a  special  election  made  neces- 
sary by  the  death  of  Thomas  O'Donnell.'  He  served  six 
years,  until  '86;  Robert  Newton  was  elected  in  '86,  and  serv- 
ed four  years;  John  A.  Shephard  was  again  elected  and  he 
served  four  years;  Cosmos  Keller  was  elected  in  '94,  and  he 
served  four  years;  Richard  Kiely  elected  in  '98,  and  is  the 
present  incumbent. 

SCHOOL  COMMISSIONERS. 

James  Harrott  was  the  first  school  commissioner,  being- 
elected  in  '43;  B.  B.  Hamilton  was  the  second  elected  in  '47, 
and  served  one  year,  to  '48;  Hiram  Bridges  elected  at  regu- 
lar election  in  '48,  by  89  majority  over  Robert  M.  Knapp; 
Hiram  Bridges  was  again  elected  in  '49,  by  a  majority  of  469 
over  Elihu  J.  Palmer;  Hiram  Bridges  is  again  re-elected  in 
'51,  by  a  plurality  of  221  votes  over  Elihu  J.  Palmer;  Hiram 
Bridges  again  re-elected  in  '53,  receiving  954  votes;  no  oppo- 
sition; H.  H.  Howard  was  elected  in  '57,  by  a  majority  of  480 
over  J.  O.  Hamilton,  and  served  until  '59,  when  William  J. 
Herdman  was  elected,  first  County  Superintendent. 

COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENTS  OF    SCHOOLS. 

Wm.  J.  Herdman  was  the  first  county  superintendent 
of  schools,  being  elected  in  the  fall  of  1859,  and  held  the  of- 
fice uninterruptedly  until  '68,  nine  years.  Previous  to  Mr. 
Herdman,  they  were  called  "county  commissioners;"  the 
next  in  office  was  C.  H.  Knapp,  elected  at  the  regular  elec- 
tion in  '68,  and  served  for  six  years;  W.  H.  Lynn  was  the 
next  incumbent  to  this  office,  being  elected  in  the  fall  of  '73, 
and  was  re-elected  in  '75,  serving  four  years;  Lott  Penning- 
ton  was  elected  in  '77,  and  held  the  office  until  succeeded  in 
'86;  Otis  D.  Leach  was  elected  to  this  office  in  the  fall  of  '86, 
and  served  one  term;  Richard  Kiely  served  from  '90  to  '94; 
Thomas  A.  Case  was  elected  in  '94  and  served  one  term; 
James  W.  Roberts,  who  is  the  present  incumbent  in  office, 
was  elected  in  the  fall  of  '98, 


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Mr.  Roberts  was  born  in  Pike  county,  Illinois,  October 
13,  1854;  a  graduate  of  the  Pittsfield  High  School,  of  the  class 
of  73.  Began  teaching-  immediately  after  graduation  in  the 
fall  of  '73,  and  has  almost  exclusively  followed  his  profession 
of  teaching  to  the  present  time.  Elected  to  the  office  of 
County  Superintendent  of  public  schools  in  the  general  elec- 
tion of  '98. 

STATE'S  ATTORNEYS. 

In  1870,  W.  H.  Pogue  was  appointed  for  two  years,  to 
the  general  election  of  '72;  in  '72  W.  H.  Pogue  was  elected  at 
general  fall  election  for  a  full  term  of  four  yers;  in  '76  Wm. 
M.  Jackson  was  elected  for  a  term  of  four  years,  but  resigned 
in  the  fall  of  '78;  in  '78  A.  A.  Goodrich  was  elected  to  fill  va- 
cancy of  Wm.  M.  Jackson,  caused  by  his  resignation;  in  '80  A. 
A.  Goodrich  was  elected  for  a  full  term;  in  '84  A.  A.  Goodrich 
was  again  re-elected  for  full  term;  in  '87  A.  A.  Goodrich,  re- 
signing, Wm.  Pogue  completed  unexpired  term;  in  '88  H.  W. 
Pogue  elected  for  full  term  of  four  years;  in  '92  H.  W.  Pogue 
served  to  '96;  in  '96  M.  J.  Dolan  served  to  1900;  in  1900  Geo. 
M.  Seago,  present  incumbent. 

COUNTY    SURVEYORS. 

James  A.  Potts  was  the  first  duly  elected  county  survey- 
or of  Jersey  county,  elected  in  '43,  and  served  to  '47;  Job 
Collins  was  elected  in  '47,  and  served  to  '49;  James  A.  Potts 
was  again  elected  by  a  majority  of  696  over  George  Burke,  in 
'49;  James  A.  Potts  again  re-elected  in  '51,  by  a  majority  of 
445  over  Hummerlaw,  and  served  until  '53;  Levi  P.  McNeil 
was  elected  in  '53,  by  a  majority  of  43  over  James  A.  Potts; 
Henry  M.  Chase  was  elected  in  '57,  by  a  majority  of  217  over 
Josiah  H.  White;  in  59,  Josiah  H.  White  was  elected  over 
G.  I.  Foster,  by  a  majority  of  four  votes;  George  I.  Foster 
was  elected  in  '61,  by  a  majority  of  673  over  H.  M.  Chase;  in 
'67,  George  I.  Foster  was  again  elected,  by  a  majority  of  271 
over  Henry  D.  Edwards;  in  '69,  George  I.  Foster  was  again 
re-elected  by  a  majority  of  312  over  Linns  Humiston;  Wm. 
L.  West  was  elected  to  the  office  in  '70,  by  a  majority  of  250 


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over  Henry  D.  Edwards;  George  I.  Foster  was  elected  in 
'74,  by  a  majority  of  20  over  Henry  D.  Edwards;  D.  J.  Mur- 
phy was  elected  in  the  fall  of  '79,  by  a  majority  of  249  over 
Edwards  and  Foster;  in  Nov.,  1884,  D.  J.  Murphy  was 
re-elected  by  a  majority  of  729,  over  Edwards  and 
Kingsley;  in  1886,  Cornelius  Roach  was  elected  to 
fill  out  the  unexpired  term  of  D.  J.  Murphy,  resigning-  to  ac- 
cept the  office  of  county  clerk,  to  which  he  was  elected  in  the 
fall  of  '86;  Albert  W.  Newton  was  elected  in  '88,  and  served 
ten  years,  to  '98,  when  he  resigned;  Walter  Hansell  was  ap- 
pointed to  fill  out  the  unexpired  term  of  Mr.  Newton;  in 
1900,  Walter  Hansell  was  elected  to  the  office,  and  is  the 
present  incumbent. 

COUNTY    CORONBRS. 

The  first  coroner  of  Jersey  county  was  Nelson  R.    Lur- 
ton,  elected  at  a  special  election  in  1839. 

Second  coroner  was  A.  G.   Miner,  elected   at  a  general 
election  in  1840. 

John  Brinton  from  '42  to  '46. 

George   Hoffman  from  '46  to  '48. 

William  Lay  from  '48  to  '52. 

William  Williams  from  '52  to  '54. 

Benjamin  Wedding  from  '54  to  '56. 

C.  P.    Stafford   from  '56  to  58. 

Lewis  Johnson  from  '58  to  '60. 

Lewis  Johnson  from  '60  to  '62. 

James  L.  Beirne  from  '62  to  '64. 

F.  W.  Besterfeldt  from  '64  to  '66. 

Lewis  Johnson  from  '66  to  '68. 

Sidney  Noble  from  '68  to  '70. 

E.  L.  Harriott  from  70   to  '74. 

Herman  Roesch  from  '74  '76. 

Dr.  John  S.  Williams  from  '76  to  '«o. 

Dr.   Caleb  Du  Hadway  from  '80  to  '84. 

Dr.  E.  L.  H.    Barry  from  '84  to  '88. 


CITY    HA  LI, 


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Dr.  Wesley  Park  from  '88  to  '92. 

Dr.  James  A,  Flautt  from  '92  to  '90. 

Dr.  J.  S.  Williams  from  1900,  to  the  present. 


ici  pal   Sovemment. 


Jersey ville  became  an  incorporated  town  July  21,  1837. 
The  officers  were:  John  W,  Lott,  president;  E,  M.  Daly, 
clerk;  Samuel  L.  McGill,  George  W.  Collins  and  Richard 
Graham,  board  of  trustees. 

Jerseyville  became  an  incorporated  city  February  21, 
1867.  The  following-  gentlemen  were  the  first  officers:  Mar- 
cus E.  Barley,  mayor;  George  H.  Jackson,  clerk;  James  S. 
Daniels,  marshal;  King  &  Pinero,  attorneys;  N.  Wallace, 
constable;  Andrew' Jackson,  John  L.  White,  George  Egelhoff 
and  James  S.  Blythe,  aldermen. 

In  1890,  the  government  census  gave  the  population  of 
Jerseyville  as  3,207;  in  1900,  3,517,  divided  as  follows:  1st 
ward,  959;  2nd  ward.  1,046;  3rd  ward,  766;  4th  ward,  746. 

The  following  are  its  present  officers.  (1901).  George 
D.  Locke,  mayor;  Albert  H.  Foster,  clerk;  Walter  E.  Car- 
lin,  treasurer;  H.  P.  Noble,  attorney;  W.  H.  Schroeder,  po- 
lice magistrate,  who  is  also  city  marshal;  aldermen:  1st 
ward,  J.  J.  Wiseman,  H.  S.  Daniels;  2nd  ward,  John  G. 
Schwarz,  Paul  Nitschke;  3rd  ward,  E.  A.  R.  Myers,  Wm.  F. 
Fahey;  4th  ward.  Peter  A.  Bowler,  W.  H.  H.  West,  Jr. 

The  Justices  of  the  Peace  and  constables  whose  business 
is  chiefly  confined  to  the  city,  though  elected  for  the  town- 
ship, are  as  follows:  Justices — J.  C.  Ross,  W.  H.  Schroeder, 
J.  G.  Erwin,  A.  H.  Quinn;  Constables — David  McReynolds, 
John  W.  Hayes,  Wharton  English  John  J.  Ballard. 

JUSTICES   OF   THE   PEACE. 

J.    G.    ERWIN. 

Occupies  an  office  over  H.  S.  Daniels'  grocery  store;  re- 
ceived his  first  commission  fron  Governor  Joseph  W.  Fifer 
in  1892,  to  fill  the  vacancy  of  C.  B.  Eaton,  resigned:  his 


H.  S.  Daniels. 


,1.  .1.  Wiseman. 


E.  A.  H.  Myers. 


W.  F.  Fahey. 


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second  commission  was  from  Governor  John  P.  Altgeld,  April 
1,  1893;  his  third  commission  was  issued  and  signed  by  Gov. 
John  R.  Tanner  in  1897;  his  fourth  commission  was  issued 
and  signed  by  Governor  Richard  Yates  in  1901.  Also 
buys  and  sells  real  estate,  makes  collections  and  negotiates 
loans.  Mr.  Erwin's  repeated  commissions,  and  his  continu- 
ance in  office  settle  the  question  of  his  justice  and  efficiency 
in  office. 

J.  C.    ROSS, 

Received  his  first  commission  from  Governor  John  R. 
Tanner,  May  1,  1897;  his  second  commission  was  from  Gov. 
Richard  Yates,  May  1,  1901.  Mr.  Ross  is  also  agent  for  the 
nursery  of  Schultz  Bros.,  of  Calhoun  county,  Illinois.  Mr. 
Ross  is  now  among  our  oldest  and  most  honored  citizens, 
having  been  a  resident  of  Jersey  county  and  Jerseyville  over 
63  years.  Born  in  Summerset  county,  N.  J.,  March  20,  1836* 
Came  to  Jerseyville,  July,  1839. 

WM.  H.  SCHROKDP:R,  j.  p.,   AND  CITY  MARSHAL. 

Office  on  Pearl  street  over  Marston  &  Halliday's  store. 
Received  his  first  commission  from  Gov.  John  P.  Altgeld, 
May  1,  1893;  received  his  second  commission  from  Governor 
John  R  Tanner,  May  1,  1897;  his  third  commission  from 
Governor  Richard  Yates,  May  1,  1901. 

ANTHONY  H.  QUINN. 

Born  in  California,  Mo.,  May  21,  1858.  Received  his  first 
commission  from  Governor  Richard  Yates,  May  6,  1901.  Of- 
fice in  court  house. 

JOHN  w.  HAYES,  Constable. 

First  elected  constable  of  Jersey  township  in  1884,  and 
served  four  years.  Retired  until  1895  and  was  again  elected 
to  fill  a  vacancy  of  Thomas  Callaway,  and  again  re-elected  in 
1897  four  years;  again  re-elected  for  four  years  in  the  spring 
of  1901,  and  is  at  present  filling  his  office. 


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CITY    OFFICERS. 


1«67, 


Mayor — Marcus    E.  Bag-ley. 
Clerk — George  H.  Jackson, 
Marshal— James  S.   Daniels, 

r™    t  KIO    I  N-  Wallace,  (rs'd) 
Constable    }•  T  n.,  ^. 

j  James  McKmney. 

Attorney — King-  &  Pinero. 
Aldermen — Andrew  Jackson, 
John  L.   White,  Geo.  Eg-elhoff, 
James  S.   Blythe. 

1869. 

Mayor — Henry  O.  Goodrich, 
Clerk — Morris  R.  Locke, 
Marshal — James  S.  Daniels, 
Constable — John  C.  Murphy, 
Attorney — Robert  Sayers, 
Aldermen — Smith    M.     Titus, 
Wm.  Embly,  John  E.  VanPelt, 
Thos.  J.    Selby,  Peter  Dolan, 
E.  L.  H.  Barry,  Geo.  Schwarz, 
William  Shephard. 

1871. 

Mayor — Robert  M.  Knapp, 
Clerk— Joseph  G.  Marston, 
Marshal — James  S.  Blythe, 
Constable — John  Fox. 
Attorney — H.  Calkins, 
Aldermen— Clarence  M.  Ham- 
ilton, Geo.  I.   Foster,   Samuel 
Hess,  Geo.   S.  Rue,  Joshua  Al- 
len, Ezekiel  Davidson,  Wallace 
Leig-h,  James  S.  Daniels. 

1873. 

Mayor— John  E.  Van  Pelt, 
Clerk — George  H.  Jackson, 
Marshal — W.  H.  Anderson, 
Constable— George  S.  Utt, 
Attorney — None  appointed, 
Aldermen — Clarence  M.  Ham- 
ilton, J.  C.  Tack,  N.  F.  Smith, 


1868. 

Mayor — Henry  O.  Goodrich, 
Clerk — Geo.  H.  Jackson, 
Marshal — James  S.  Daniels, 
Constable — John  C.  Murphy, 
Attorney— Pinero&  Herdnian, 
Aldermen—  William     Eimbly, 
Thos.  J.  Selby,  Geo.  Eg-elhoff, 
P.  Kennedy. 

1870. 

Mayor — Benjamin  Wedding, 
Clerk — Wm.  J.  Herdman, 
Marshal — A.  D.  Erwin, 
Constable — John  E.  Hankey, 
Attorney — J.  W.  Merrill, 
Aldermen — Ludlow  P.  Squier, 
Henry    C.    Massey,    David   R. 
Herdman,    Thomas  J.    Selby, 
Caleb  Du  Hadway,    Peter    Do- 
lan,  Georg-e    Egelhoff,    Louis 
Grosjean. 

1872. 

Mayor — Robert  M.  Knapp, 
Clerk — George  H.  Jackson, 
Marshal — James  McKinney, 
Constable — James  W.  Calhoun, 
Attorney — H.   Calkins, 
Aldermen — Andrew    Jackson, 
John    E.     Sanford,     John    M. 
Smith,  O.  M.    Paris,   E.  L.  H. 
Barry,  R.  A.  King,   John    W. 
Vinson,  James  A.  Locke. 

1874. 

Mayor — Henry    O.    Goodrich, 
Clerk — Geo.  H.  Jackson, 
Marshal — John  E.  Sanford, 
Constable — Geo.    M.  Remer, 
Attorney — Adams  A.  Goodrich, 
Aldermen — J.      Knox     Smith, 
David   Houghtlin,     James    M. 


J.  G,  SCHWAKZ. 


PAUL  NITSCHKR. 


\V.  H.  H.   VVKST,  JK. 


P.  A.    HO\V:.KK. 


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Robert  Newton,  E.  O.  Hart-  Young-,  F.  X.  Schattg-en,  Geo. 
wick,  Peter  Dolan,  Thomas  Eg-elhoff,  Wm.  Embly,  R.  C. 
Erwin,  Wallace  Leigh.  Gledhill,  James  A.  Barr. 


1875. 

Mayor — George  E.  Warren, 
Clerk— C.  W.  Tietsort, 
Marshal — James  S.  Blythe, 
Constable — Hiram  Leonard, 
Attorney — O.  B.  Hamilton, 
Aldermen — Clarence  M.  Ham- 
ilton, W.    S.   Bowman,   Joseph 
M.  Page,  L.  M.  Cutting-,  Peter 
Dolan,    W.    Pittinger,   C.    T. 
Edee,  R.  C.  Gledhill. 

1877. 

Mayor— Thos.  J.  Selby. 
Clerk — Henry  Nevius, 
Marshal— R.   H.    Whyte     (re- 
signed), J.  M.  Pag-e, 
Constable  -Smith  Hill  (resign- 
ed), John  Powell, 
Attorney — P.  Kennedy, 
Aldermen — Stephen   H.   Bow- 
man, Walter  E.  Carlin,  James 
M.    Young-,    L.   J.    Cassavant, 
Caleb   Du  Had  way,    E.    L.    H. 
Barry,  Henry  D.    Field,   John 
A.  Shephard. 

1879. 

-Mayor — Jesse  I.    McG ready, 
Clerk — James  R.  Colean, 
Marshal — Joseph  M.  Pag-e, 
Constable— Smith  M.  Titus, 
Attorney — P.  Kennedy, 
Aldermen — Stephen   H.    Bow- 
man, James   M     Young-,  John 
Fox,  John  Sweeney,    A.    Holn- 
back,  E.  L.  H,  Barry,  John   A. 
Shephard,  Henry  D.  Field. 


1876. 

Mayor — Robert  M.   Knapp, 
Clerk — Henry    Nevius, 
Marshal — Robert  H.  Whyte, 
Constable — John  Fox, 
Attorney— Thos.  J.  Selby, 
Aldermen — Stephen    H.    Bow- 
man,    Wm.    Hall,  James      M. 
Young-,  L.  J.  Cassavant,  Caleb 
Du  Had  way,    E    L.  H,    Barry, 
J,  S.  Daniels  (resigned),  James 
S.  Blythe. 

1878. 

Mayor — Thomas  J.  Selby, 
Clerk  -W.  H.  Callender, 
Marshal — Joseph  M.  Page, 
Constable — J.  S.  Malott, 
Attorney — Wm.      M.     Jackson 

(resigned),  W.  H.  Pogue, 
Aldermen — Marcus  E.  Baglev, 
Wallace  Leigh,  N.  F.  Smith, 
John  W.  Vinson,  E.  L.  H.  Bar- 
ry, A.  Hoi n back,  R.  C.  Gled- 
hill, H.  O.  Goodrich. 

1880. 

Mayor -Jesse  I.  McGready. 
Clerk-James  R.  Colean, 
Marshal-Joseph    M.  Page, 
Constable-Smith  M.  Titus, 
Attorney-None  appointed, 
Aldermen-Stephen    II.      Bow- 
man, C.    W.    Enos,   John    Fox, 
John  Sweeney,  Charles  Jacobs, 
A.  Holnback,  J.  A.    Shephard, 
Kenry    D.    Field     (resigned), 
George  W.  Ely. 


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1881. 

Mayor-Jesse  I.   McGready, 
Clerk  Joseph  M.  Page, 
Marshal-Henry  Whyte, 
Canstable-Smith  M.  Titus, 
Attorney-Adams  A.  Goodrich, 
Aldermen— A.  B.  Hall,  W.   H. 
Lynn,  R.    N.    McClure,  John 
Wiley,  Henry  Nevius,  Charles 
Jacobs,  Walter  E.  Carlin,  Geo. 
W.  Ely. 

1883. 

Mayor:     E.  L.  H.  Barry, 
Clerk:     Joseph  M.  Page, 
Marshal:     Henry  Whyte, 
Attorney:     Adams    A.    Good- 
rich, 

Aldermen:  S.  H.  Bowman,  A. 
K.  Van  Home,  John  Fox,  Ca- 
leb Du  Hadway,  Henry  Ne- 
vius, Ludovic  Laurent,  James 
S.  Daniels,  John  A.  Shephard. 

1884. 

Mayor:     Stephen  H  Bowman, 
Clerk:     Joseph  M.  Page, 
Marshal:     Henry   Whyte, 
Treasurer;     James  R.  Colean, 
Attorney:     R.  B.   English  (re- 
signed), A.  M.  Slaten. 
Aldermen:     George  M.  Eaton, 
John    Fox,   George    Egelhoff, 
James  S.    Daniels,  A.   K.  Van 
Home,  Fred  J.  Bertman,  Hen- 
ry Nevius,  John  A.  Shephard. 

1886. 

Mayor:     E.  L.  H.  Barry, 
Clerk:     Wm.  Hanley, 
Marshal:     Henry  Whyte, 
Treasurer:     Fred  Jacobs, 


1882. 

Mayor:     Jesse  I.  McGready. 
Clerk:     Joseph  M.  Page, 
Marshal:     Henry  Whyte, 
Constable:     None  appointed, 
Attorney:     None  appointed, 
Aldermen;     R.  A.  King,  A.  H. 
Bell,   Caleb  Du  Hadway,  John 
Fox,  Wm.  Embly,  Wm".  Eads, 
Walter    E.    Carlin,    John     A. 
Shephard. 

1883. 

Mayor:     Stephen  H.  Bowman, 
Clerk:     J.  M.  Page, 
Marshal:     Henry  Whyte, 
Treasurer:    James  R.  Colean, 
Attorney:     R.  B.  English, 
Aldermen:     George  M.  Eaton, 
A.    K    Van  Home,  John  Fox, 
Caleb  Du  Hadway,  Geo.    Egel- 
hoff,   Henry    Nevius,    C.    W. 
Enos,  James  S.  Daniels. 

1885. 

Mayor:     E.  L.  H.  Barry, 
Clerk:     William  Hanley, 
Marshal:     Henry  Whyte, 
Treasurer:     Fred  Jacobs, 
Attorney:     T.  F.  Ferns, 
Aldermen;     A.  K.  Van  Home, 
Fred  J.  Bertman,  Henry  Nevi- 
us, John  A.  Shephard,  George 
M.   Eaton,  John   Fox,   George 
Egelhoff,  James  S.  Daniels. 

1887. 

Mayor:     Joseph    M.    Page, 
Clerk:  T.  W.  Butler, 
Marshal:     Henry   Whyte, 
Treasurer;  G.  R.  Smith, 
ttorney:     T.    F.  Ferns, 


The   city  was  organized  under  the   General  Law,   April 
11,  1883,  which  explains  the  two  sets  of  officers  for  that  year. 


w.  H.  SCHROEDER,  Marshall.  H.  p.  NOBLE,  Attorney. 


w.  E.  CARLIN,  Treasurer 


A.   H,   FOSTKK,  Clcl'k. 


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Attorney:  T.  F.  Ferns, 
Aldermen:  George  M.  Eaton, 
John  Fox,  George  Egelhoff, 
James  S.  Daniels,  John  H. 
Richards,  Fred  J.  Bertman, 
W.  R.  Seago,  John  A.  Shep- 

hard' 

Mayor:     Joseph  M.  Page, 
Clerk:     T.  W.  Butler 
Marshal:     Henry  Whyte, 
Ireasurer:     G   R  .Smith, 
Attorney:     T.  t  .  B  erns; 

Aldermen:     George  M.  Eaton, 

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L.  S.    Hansell,  Edward   Slat- 

T            o  j-k     •  i      T     c? 

tery,  James  S.  Daniels,  J.    b. 

T-r  i            T^     A  T      o 

Ho  mes,    P  red  J.     Bertman, 

Charles  Neumeyer,     John    A. 
Shephard. 


Mayor:     Joseph  M.  Page, 
Clerk:     T.  W.  Butler, 
Marshal:     Henry   Whyte, 
Treasurer:     Arch    F.  Ely, 
Attorney:     T.  F.   Ferns,  (re- 

signed). 

Aldermen:     Geo.  M,   Eaton. 
L.    S.    Hansell,    Wm.  Embly, 
James   S.    Daniels,    Wm.  Pitt- 
man,  F.   J.   Bertman,    Charles 
Neumeyer,  S.  H.   Bowman. 

1892. 

Mayor:     James  S.  Daniels  (de- 
ceased),   Caleb  Du  Hadway, 
Clerk:     Joseph  O'Loughlin, 
Marshal:—  Henry  Whyte, 
Treasurer:     H.  A.  Shephard, 
Attorney:     Joseph  S.  Carr, 
Aldermen:     J.    A.     Shephard, 
James    Ross,      Wm.      Embly, 
Caleb   Du  Hadway,     Harry   B. 
Hill,  L.  S.  Hansell,  Henry  Ne- 
vius,  S.  H.  Bowman. 


Aldermen:  Geo.  M.  Eaton,  L. 
S.  Hansell,  Edward  Slattery, 
James  S.  Daniels,  John  H. 
Richards,  Fred  J.  Bertman, 
w.  R.  Seago,  John  A.  Shep- 
hard 

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Marshal:  Henry  Whyte, 
Treaaurer:  Arch  F.Ely. 

Attorney:     T.  F.    Ferns! 
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Aldermen:     George  M.  Eaton, 

T     o     TJ         n      ™r          u>     t,i 
L-  S.   Hansell,    Wm.     Embly, 
T  0   T^      •  ,      7  0   TLT  1 

James  S.  Daniels,  J,  S.  Holmes, 

L-      i  T    T?  /~>u         XT 

b  red  J.  Bertman,  Chas.   Neu- 

mever,  John   A.  Shephard. 
1891. 

Mayor:     James  S.  Daniels, 
Clerk:     Joseph   O'Loughlin, 
Marshal:     Henry   Whyte, 
Treasurer:     H.  A.  Shephard, 
Attorney:     Joseph  Carr, 
Aldermen:     Chas.   Neumeyer, 
S.  H.  Bowman,  F.  J.  Bertman, 
Wm.  Pittman,    Caleb  Du  Had- 
way,   Wm.   Embly,  Jas.    Ross, 
J.  A.  Shephard.  ' 

Mayor:     H.  A.    Shephard, 
Clerk:     Joseph  O'Loughlin, 
Marshal:     John  Powell, 
Treasurer:     Arch  F.  Ely, 
Attorney:     Joseph  Carr, 
Aldermen:     H.    B.   Hill,   J.   C. 
Ross,    F.    J.     Bertman,    L.    S. 
Hansell,  Henry   Nevius,  Fred 
Jacobs,  S.  H.  Bowman,  George 
Ely. 


—120— 

1894.  1895. 

Mayor:     H.  A.   Shephard,  Mayor:     H.  A.   Shepharcl, 

Clerk:     J.  F.  O'Loug-hlin,  Clerk:     J.   F.  O'Loug-hlin, 

Marshal:     W.  R.  Seago,  Marshal:     W.  R.  Seago, 

Treasurer:     Arch  F.  Ely,  Treasurer:     H.  S.  Daniels, 

Attorney;     J.  S.  Carr,  Attorney:     Ed.  J,  Vaughn, 

Aldermen:     J.  C.   Ross,  H.  B.  Police  Magistrate:     J.   G.    Er- 

Hill,    Fred   Jacobs,  Geo.    Ely,  win  (failed  to   qualify), 

Wm.    Nally,  W.  H.  Houghtlin,  Aldermen:      W.    S.    Pittman, 

George  Holnback,  Jacob  Wag--  W.  P.  Richards,  Fred  Jacobs, 

ner.  Frank  Roerig,  H.  B.  Hill,  Geo. 

1$%  Holnback,  Jacob  Wagner,    W. 

H.  Houghtlin. 
Mayor:     H,  A.  Shephard, 

Clerk:     J.  F.  O'Loug-hlin,  "'' 

Marshal:     W.  R.  Seag-o,  Mayor:     H.  A.  Shephard, 

Treasurer:     H.  S.  Daniels,  Clerk:     Augustus  Embly, 

Attorney:     Ed.  J.  Vaughn,  Marshal:     W.    R.     Seag-o, 

Police  Magistrate:    George  D.  Treasurer:     Arch  F.  Ely, 

Locke,  (failed  to  qualify),  Attorney:     Eugene  Hale, 

Aldermen:       Harry    B.    Hill,  Police  Magistrate,  Thomas  O'- 

John  H.  Crawford,  Geo.  Holn-  Loughlin, 

back,    S.  H.   Bowman,    W.    S.  Aldermen:       Harry    B.     Hill, 

Pittman,  W.  P.  Richards,Fred  John  H.  Crawford,  Geo.  Holn- 

Jacobs,  Frank  Roerig.  back,    S.    H.    Bowman,    J.  J, 

1QOQ  Wiseman,  John  Horn,  J.  F.  O'- 

**•  Loughlin,  W.  H.  Noble. 
Mayor:     H.  A.  Shephard, 

Clerk:     Augustus  Embly,  ;%v- 

Marshal:     Henry  Whyte,  Mayor:     H.  A.  Shephard, 

Treasurer:     Arch  F.  Ely,  Clerk:     Augu stua  bm bly, 

Attorney:     Eugene   Hale,  Marshal:     Henry  Whyte, 

Police  Magistrate:  -  Treasurer:     M.  B.  Hill 

Aldermen:     J.  G.  Marston,   J.  ^""ft     Pforge  M     Seago, 

J.  Wiseman,  John  Horn,  J.   C.  Poll.ce   Magistrate:     J.  G.  Er- 

Ross,  J.  F.  O 'Loughlin,  Thos.  wm» 

A/T    -Jlv.  ,      r»      T?     Q™;+V,      w  Aldermen:     H.  S.    Daniels,   J. 

Murphy,    (JT.    K.    hmitn,     W.  .                 T          „      . 

TT   TVt  KIP  *•   Wiseman,   John  Christy,  J. 

C.RossJ.F.  O'Loughlin,  Thos. 

1900,  Murphy,  G.  R.  Smith,  George 

Mayor:     H.  A.  Shephard,  W.  Ware. 
Clerk:     Augustus  Embly, 

Marshal:     Henry  Whyte,  Mayor:     G.  D.  Locke. 

Treasurer:     H.  B.  Hill,  Clerk:     Albert  H.  Foster, 

Attorney:     George  Seago,  Marshal:     W.  H.   Schroeder, 


DK.  A,  13.  ALLEN. 


DK.  K.   A,    CAJsF.Y. 


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Police   Magistrate,        John  J.   Treasurer:     W.  E.  Carlin, 

Hughes.  Attorney:     H.  P.  Noble, 

Aldermen:     H.  S.    Daniels.    J.    Police  Magistrate:     (failed   to 
J.    Wiseman,    J.    T.   Wallace,        qualify), 
John  Christy,  J.  F.    O'Loug-h-   aldermen:     H.    S.  Daniels,   J. 
lin,  E.  A.   Myers,   George    D.   J.  Wiseman,  JohnG.  Schwarz, 
Locke,   George  W.  Ware  Paul  Nitschke,  E.  A.  Meyers, 

Wm.  Fahey,  P.  A.  Bowler,  W. 

H.  West,  Jr. 


Jersey vi  lie  DElectric  £igHt?  ©as  and 
Tower  do. 


Secretary  of  State  signed  incorporation  license  July  12, 
1887.  This  corportion  was  composed  of  the  following-  citi- 
zens; Wallace  Leigh,  John  G.  Schwarz,  Sr.,  Walter  E.  Car- 
lin.  Capital  stock,  $20,000. 

Began  operations  Dec.  3,  1887.  It  was  incorporated  for 
99  years,  but  continued  under  this  corporate  name  until 
July  30,  1900. 

This  corporation  was  succeeded  by  another  corporation 
styled  "The  Jersey ville  Light,  Heat  and  Power  Company." 
It  is  composed  of  George  D.  Rosenthal,  Owen  Ford,  Joseph- 
ine Rosenthal  and  Anna  C.  Ford;  all  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  with 
J.  F.  Christy  as  superintendent.  Capital  stock,  $25,000; 
each  share,  $100.  The  four  above  named  persons  are  the 
only  stockholders.  Duration  of  corporation,  99  years. 

This  corporation  has  a  contract  to  light  the  city  for  ten 
years,  which  expires  in  1909;  also  a  contract  for  pumping 
water  at  the  water-works  for  the  city,  which  expires  in  1910. 
Since  the  plant  has  fallen  into  the  hands  of  the  new  corpora- 
tion, they  have  made  a  radical  change  by  an  adddition  of 
forty  feet  by  fifty  feet,  which  is  now  the  boiler  room,  where 
is  now  one  marine  boiler  of  150  horse-power  and  one  tubular 
boiler  of  125  horse-power.  In  the  room  where  formerly 
stood  the  old  boilers,  are  now  the  water  tank,  filter  and  heat- 
er combined.  In  the  engine  room  are  four  dynamos;  two 
Commercials  and  two  Edisons.  Also  one  Ideal  engine  of  150 
and  one  Armington  &  Sims,  of  85  horse-power. 

At  the  water-works  there  has  been  an  entire  transfor- 
mation. New  pumps  and  the  old  engines,  wired  and  set  to 
run  by  electric  motors  from  a  current  sent  in  from  the 
light-plant.  The  new  pump  is  a  Stilhvell,  Bierce  &  Company, 


GEO.  D.  ROSENTHAL 


J.  F.  CHRISTY. 


OWEN  FORD. 


—123— 

triplex  motor  pump,  equipped  with  a  20-horse  electric  light 
motor,  and  delivers  500  gallons  of  water  per  minute.  The 
air  compresser  is  equipped  with  a  50  horse-power  motor  and 
was  put  into  operation  April  23,  1901.  The  changes  which 
have  been  made  represent  an  outlay  of  S14,000.  Thanks  to 
the  Company  for  this  improvement,  also  the  betterment  of 
our  service. 

Under  the  management  of  Superintendent  J.  F.  Christy  ? 
the  work  of  removing  the  old  machinery,  and  replacing  it 
with  larger  and  more  powerful  ones,  was  begun  in  October, 
1900,  and  throughout  the  winter  the  work  progressed  stead- 
ily with  such  excellent  and  W7ell  laid  plans,  that  there  was  at 
no  time  a  hitch  or  cessation  in  the  service,  and  under  many 
disadvantages  that  arose  through  the  necessity  of  using  the 
old  material  in  placing  in  the  new  It  is  indeed  a  unique  feat- 
ure to  pump  the  water  for  the  water-works  by  power  so  far 
distant,  by  simply  two  wires,  attaching  the  two  engines,  yet 
it  is  done.  What  next? 


$erseyville  'Water 


The  city  council,  with  J.  M.  Page,  mayor,  feeling-  the 
necessity  of  a  water  supply  in  case  of  a  fire,  and  to  meet  the 
necessities  of  the  citizens,  gave  the  voters  of  Jersey  ville  an 
opportunity  to  vote  on  issuing  bonds  for  the  construction  of 
water-works.  The  popular  vote  favored  the  issuing  of  bonds, 
and  the  work  soon  began. 

The  first  ordinance  was  passed  September  11,  1888,  for 
issuing  of  $5,000  in  bonds  for  the  boring  of  the  well.  The 
second  ordinance  was  passed  April  4,  1889,  for  the  issuing  of 
$21,000  in  bonds  for  the  construction  of  the  works. 

The  contract  for  boring  the  first  well  was  let  to  J.  P. 
Miller,  of  Chicago,  September  29,  1887.  The  price  for  the 
first  twelve  hundred  feet  was  $1.98  per  foot.  From  1200 
to  1500  feet,  the  price  was  $2.32  per  foot;  from  1500  to  2000 
feet,  $2.59  per  foot.  The  boring  of  the  first  well  began 
November  1,  1887,  and  completed  August,  1*88. 

On  March  18,  1889,  bids  were  opened  for  the  construction 
of  the  water-works.  The  contract  was  finally  let  to  the 
Rockford  Construction  Company  for  the  sum  of  $21,875, 
which  included  the  building  of  the  Reservoir,  Stand  Pipe, 
laying  of  the  Mains,  etc.,  completing  the  works.  The  addi- 
tions and  extra  cost  together  amounted  to  $23,836  .78.  The 
works  were  accepted  by  the  city  council  November  5,  1889. 
The  well  was  bored  to  a  depth  of  2,003  feet,  six  inches  in  dia- 
meter. It  might  be  a  matter  of  great  interest  that  an  analy- 
sis of  the  water  of  this  first  well  be  given  here.  I  am  indebt- 
ed to  the  kindness  of  Mr.  H.  S.  Daniels  for  same: 


WATER    WORKS. 


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Potassium  Sulphate 10 .301 

Sodium  Sulphate 5  051 

Sodium  Chloride , 85  .936 

Sodium  Phosphate Traces  of 

Calcium  Sulphate 16  .916 

Calcium    Bi-Carbonate 6  .848 

Magnesium   Bi-Carbonate 15 .53a 

Iron  Bi-Carbonate 0.110 

Allunmi  0.058 

Silicicia. 0.787 

The  tower  is  130  feet  high,  15  feet  in  diameter  at  the 
base,  and  11  feet  at  the  top  of  brick  work,  which  is  94  feet 
high,  surmounted  by  an  iron  reservoir,  36  feet  high  and  11 
feet  in  diameter,  holding  30,000  gallons  of  water,  and  giving 
a  pressure  of  55  pounds  to  the  square  inch,  This  tower  is 
set  on  a  rock  foundation  22  feet  square  and  seven  (7)  feet 
deep,  the  lower  two  (2)  feet  being  of  concrete  and  Portland 
cement.  There  is  also  a  reservoir,  225  feet  in  circumference 
and  seven  (7)  feet  deep,  with  a  capacity  of  150,000  gallons, 
The  pump  house  is  22x40  feet,  built  of  brick,  About  four 
miles  of  water-pipe  have  been  laid,  ranging  in  size  from  4  to 
8  inches  in  diameter, 

CITY  WKLL.     NO,  2. 

The  city  council  being  aware  of  the  fact  that  the  first 
well  did  not  furnish  a  sufficient  supply  of  water,  and  was 
liable  to  give  out  at  any  time,  began  to  make  preparations  to 
bore  a  second. 

The  well  is  drilled  12>2  inches  in  diameter  to  a  depth  of 
896  feet,  in  which  is  inserted  896  feet  of  10  inch  line  pipe,  of 
40  Ibs  per  foot  weight,  coupled  with  the  National  Patent  Pro- 
tecting Sleeve  Couplings;  said  pipe  is  seated  on  a  limestone 
formation. 

From  896  feet  to  1367  feet  the  well  is  drilled  10  inches  in 
diameter,  in  which  was  inserted  an  8  inch  pipe  of  28  Ibs.  per 
foot  weight,  coupled  with  Oil  City  Protecting  Sleeve  Coup- 
lings. This  pipe  extends  down  into  the  St  Peter's  sand- 
stone formation  five  feet,  at  first  coupling  above  lower  end  is 


-126— 

placed  a  seed-bag-  which  incloses  said  coupling-;  lower  end  of 
said  pipe  has  coupling-  also. 

The  upper  end  of  this  pipe  extends  up  into  the  above  10 
inch  pipe  36  feet,  on  upper  end  of  said  8  inch  pipe  is  placed  a 
lead  packer;  said  packer  and  8  inch  pipe  being-  swag-ed  out 
.into  the  above  10  inch  pipe,  these  packers  are  for  the  purpose 
of  closing-  out  all  waters  foreig-n  to  the  St.  Peter's  formation 
of  sandstone.  There  is  an  8  inch  hole  drilled  106  feet  into 
the  St,  Peter's  formation  of  sandstone. 

Numbers  27,  28,  and  29  are  carefully  and  accurately 
made  measurements,  having-  been  made  with  a  steel  tape 
made  expressly  for  the  purpose,  the  other  measurements 
being-  made  by  "string-ing-"  the  derrick  over  on  drilling- cable 
as  follows:  A  string-  is  tied  on  cable  at  the  shaft  or  winding-- 
drum, then  cable  is  run  over  derrick  until  string-  came  to  top 
of  well,  when  there  would  be  another  string-  tied  on  the  cable 
at  shaft,  measuring-  cable  as  it  passed  over  top  of  derrick, 
which  in  this  case  was  160  feet.  These  measurements  are 
not  accurate  but  are  sufficiently  so  for  all  practical  purposes, 
being-  within  an  averag-e  of  five  feet. 

The  normal  head  of  the  well  is  117  feet  from  surface  of 
the  ground;  the  well  was  pumped  with  an  8  inch  pump  with 
30  inches  of  stroke,  with  a  pump  submergence  of  103  feet 
(under  normal  conditions),  with  the  effect  of  lowering-  well 
until  the  pump  would  not  fill  properly,  yet  yielding-  an  out- 
put of  90  g-allons  per  minute,  the  well  pumped  at  this  rate 
for  8  hours,  when  a  plung-er  rod  broke  and  pumping-  was 
abandoned,  owing-  to  the  fact  that  we  needed  the  8  inch  pipe 
to  use  on  the  pump;  the  well  was  pumped  without  the  lower 
or  salt  string-  of  pipe  being-  in  intended  position  in  well,  but 
it  is  reasonably  well  known  that  the  production  of  this  sec- 
tion of  the  well  was  only  yielding-  about  40  gallons  per  hour  as 
the  drillers  easily  bailed  it  down  with  their  sand  pump, 

After  the  pumping-  test,  and  before  the  placing-  of  the  8 
inch  pipe  in  position  in  well,  there  was  88  Ibs.  of  dynamite 
exploded  at  lower  portion  of  well,  with  a  view  to  obtain  all 


—127— 

the  water  that  the  well  could  possibly  afford,  after  which  the 
well  was  cleaned  out  to  the  bottom  as  clean  as  possible  with 
the  driller's  sand  pump. 

The  salt  water  evaporated  a  spoonful  of  salt  from  a  pint 
of  water,  and  was  so  strongiy  impregnated  with  salt  that  a 
person  could  not  drink  the  water. 

At  from  600  to  800  feet  the  water  would  rise  to  within 
two  inches  of  the  drive-pipe,  said  drive-pipe  being-  sixteen 
inches  above  surface  of  ground;  this  was  caused  by  tool  dis- 
placement, the  normal  head  of  this  water  was  about  twenty- 
five  feet,  and  is  composed,  presumably  of  surface  water;  af- 
ter inserting  the  ten-inch  pipe  to  896  feet  no  water  came  into 
the  well,  water  having  to  be  thrown  in  from  top  of  well 
in  order  that  the  drillers  could  pump  out  the  cutting's  of  the 
drill;  the  well  was  dry  to  a  depth  of  1040  feet,  at  which  depth 
the  saltwater  formation  was  encountered,  (See  number  23.) 
The  amount  of  water  remained  about  constant  until  the  low- 
er portion  of  the  Galena  limestone  formation  was  reached, 
(see  number  26),  at  which  point  there  was  believed  to  be  a 
small  increase  of  water  supply.  From  the  above  it  will  be 
seen  that  the  896  feet  of  ten-inch  pipe  has  not  failed  in  its 
purpose  to  shut  out  surface  water. 

Elevation  of  top  of   well  above   sea-level  .662  feet. 

Elevation  to  which  water  rises  above  sea-level.  .545  feet. 

JOHN  A.    JOHNSON,    )  ^ 

>i  T  }•  Contractors. 

CHAKLES  JOHNSON,       j 

After  reaching-  a  depth  of  1492  feet,  and  after  erecting- 
the  Pumping  Plant,  the  output  of  the  well  was  not  consider- 
ed sufficient,  and  a  contract  was  entered  into  with  Mr.  Chas. 
Johnson,  (formerlv  of  the  firm  of  Johnson  &  Johnson, 
original  contractors),  to  continue  the  boring  at  original 
diameter  of  lower  portion  of  well,  (said  portion  being-  eight 
inches  in  diameter),  through  the  St.  Peter's  formation  of 
sancl-rock. 

Drilling  was  commenced  on  Nov.  30,  1896,  and  was  com- 
pleted on  Dec.  10,  1896,  having-  reached  a  depth  of  1542  feet, 


—128— 


or  an  extension  of  74  feet,  being"  still  in  the  St.  Peter's  for- 
mation of  sand-rock, — it  being-  hard  and  close,  it  is  supposed 
to  be  yielding-  about  all  the  water  there  is  in  that  formation. 

The  depth  in  the  St.  Peter's  formation  of  sand-rock  is 
now  180  feet. 

The  following-  is  a  description  of  the  different  stratas 
bored  through  in  sinking-  the  second  well,  taken  from  the 
Log  Book  published  by  the  Council; 


DIFFERENT    STRATA. 


Depth 
of  Bore. 


Thickness 
of    Strata. 


No. 

0  Earth  composed  of  Soil,  Clay  and  trace  of  Gravel  26 

1  Black    Slate 26 

2  Lime  and  Flint  Rock 100 

3  Slate 116 

4  Limestone 140 

5  Slate 145 

6  Limestone •  •• 168 

7  Slate 180 

8  Limestone 207 

9  Slate 217 

10  Limestone 221 

11  Blue  Flint 450 

12  Limestone 480 

13  Slate 5*0 

14  Limestone 555 

15|Slate 565 

16iConglomerate  Limestone,   very  hard 575 

17!Slate 640 

18  Limestone  and  Flint  Rock 650 

19  Slate 810 

20  Gray  Limestone 890 

21  Shale 940 

22  Limestone 975 

23!Limestone,     contains  salt 1040 

24lTrenton  Limestone 1080 

25  Galena  Limestone,  contains  Mud  Seams 1315 

26  Galena  Limestone,  contains  St.  Peter's  Sandstone  1350 

27  St.  Peter's  Sandstone 1362 

106  feet  in  same.     Total  Depth 1 468 

At  1425  feet  are  indications  of  a  Mud  Seam 


26 
74 
16 
24 
5 

23 
12 
27 
10 
4 

229 
30 
50 
25 
10 
10 
65 
10 

160 
80 
50 
35 
65 
40 

235 
35 
12 

106 


WM.  PITTMAN,  Engineer. 


The     Jerseyville   Telephone     (Lo. 


Became  an  incorporated  Company  by  the  signature  of  the 
Secretary  of  State,  April  1,  1895.  The  license  was  issued  to 
John  G.  Schwarz,  Sr.,  John  A.  Shephard,  Wallace  Leig'h,  and 
Joseph  M.  Page,  as  commissioners  to  open  books  for  sub- 
scription to  the  capital  stock  of  the  said  company.  The  cap- 
ital stock  was  100  shares,  of  $50  each,  amounting-  to  $5,000. 
The  duration  of  the  corporation  was  20  years.  The  whole 
number  of  shares  were  taken  by  the  above  named  commis- 
sioners. 

The  following-  gentlemen  were  elected  directors  of  the 
corporation:  J.  M.  Page,  for  one  year;  John  A.  Shephard, 
two  years;  J.  G.  Scwarz,  Sr.,  three  years;  Wallace  Leigh, 
three  years,  with  John  G.  Schwarz,  secretary  and  treasurer. 

The  Company  is  now  pushing-  the  work  of  improvements 
by  putting-  up  250  poles,  40  miles  of  new  wire,  making  sixty 
miles  in  all,  and  they  will  soon  have  300  phones  in  active 
operation. 

New  phones  are  being  put  up  in  all  parts  of  the  county, and 
far  more,  a  man  in  Jerseyville  can  talk  to  parties  in  Galves- 
ton,  Texas.,  with  points  between,  and  to  Portland,  Me.,  with 
points  between;  from  New  York  City  to  the  western  part  of 
Nebraska,  with  points  between. 

These  250  poles,  from  25  to  40  feet,  are  all  stepped  and 
equipped  with  ten-pin  cross-arms,  with  braces.  In  May, 
1895,  they  began  with  25  subscribers,  but  now,  (1901),  have 
grown  in  popularity  and  efficiency  until  300  subscribers  are 
reached. 

Traveling  men  declare  that  Jerseyville  renders  the  best 
service  of  any  telephone  plant  in  the  State,  not  excepting 
Chicago.  That  is  the  fact,  and  there  are  good  reasons  for 
it.  There  will  soon  be  up  1000  feet  of  120  pair  cable,  and 
1000  feet  of  50  pair  cable. 


City  3(alL 


May  10,  1887,  the  city  council  of  Jerseyville,  111.,  for  the 
purpose  of  erecting-  an  Engine  House  and  City  Hall,  issued 
city  bonds  to  the  amount  of  $3,000.  The  issuing1  of  bonds 
was  May  10,  1887,  bearing-  date  of  July  7,  1887;  J.  M.  Page, 
mayor;  T.  W.  Butler,  city  clerk.  For  full  particulars,  see 
Ordinance  Record,  1876,  pag-e  248. 

At  a  meeting-  of  the  city  council  July  5,  1887,  bids  were 
received  for  the  erection  of  City  Hall  and  Engine  House. 
The  lowest  bid  was  $3,246  .71,  by  R.  H.  Clark,  At  a  meet- 
ing of  the  council  July  8,  1887,  the  building  committee  was 
empowered  to  make  a  contract  with  R.  H.  Clark  for  construc- 
tion of  said  building-. 

The  City  Hall  building-  was  accepted  by  the  city  council 
Dec.  6,  1887,  and  stands  on  the  southeast  corner  of  Arch  and 
Jefferson  streets.  It  cost  the  city  $3,246  .71.  It  is  a  substan- 
tial brick  structure,  24x60  feet,  two  stories  hig-h,  well  and 
neatly  furnished  above. 

Lower  story  is  devoted  to  the  fire  deparment,  which  con- 
tains two  hose  carts  drawing-  250  feet  of  hose  each;  one  hook 
and  ladder,  and  one  hand  fire  engine.  The  fire  department 
is  not  organized  as  thoroughly  as  it  might  be. 


$erseyviUe  hospital  and  Sanitarium. 


No  intelligent  person  could  follow  me  through  the  vari- 
ous deparments  of  this  hospital,  and  especially  through  the 
surgical,  without  being  profoundly  impressed  with  the  high 
grade  of  scientific  character,  and  thankful  that  such  an  insti- 
tution is  in  our  midst.  After  studying  the  moral  and  in- 
tellectual character  of  its  founders,  and  writing  up  their  pro- 
fessional training'  and  education  for  their  work,  I  feel  thank- 
ful that  such  men  have  planted  an  institution  of  this  kind  in 
our  midst.  I  have  thrown  away  my  former  written  descrip- 


OFKICR   AND  HOSPITAL. 


tion  of  their  Hospital  and  Sanitarium, and  present  to  my  read- 
ers their  own  description,  which  they  have  placed  before 
the  world,  as  a  better  exponent  than  I,  or  any  other  person, 
could  g-ive.  I  am  profoundly  impressed  with  the  magnitude 
and  generosity  of  this  institution,  and  I  conscientiously  and 
heartily  commend  these  men  and  their  work  to  the  afflicted 
everywhere. 

The    following-   pictures,  and    written   descriptions   will 
fully  explain  this  young-  and  promising-  institution: 


RECEPTION  ROOM. 

Objects:  To  furnish  to  those  who  are  ill,  or  in  need  of 
rest  and  recreation,  a  home  provided  with  every  facility 
necessarv  for  their  proper  care  and  treatment. 

To   supplement   the  work  of  the  general  practitioner  by 


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having-  the  means  at  command  which  he  cannot  possess,  and 
which  are  many  times  essential  to  the  successful  treatment 
of  serious  cases. 

To  use  all  methods  known  to  legitimate  medicine  to    re- 
store health,  and  to  teach  the   principles  that  maintain  it. 


SANITARIUM. 

All  classes  of  cases  are  accepted,  other  than  the  insane, 
or  those  having-  contagious  diseases. 

Upon  admission  a  thorough  physical  examination  is 
made  by  the  physician,  including,  when  necessary,  micro- 
scopical and  chemical  analysis  of  the  secretions. 

Cases  are  studied  and  prescribed  for  individually  each 
day,  no  routine  in  treatment  being  followed. 

Drugs  are  employed  in  a  rational  manner  when  there  ex- 
ist positive  indications  for  their  use. 


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Conditions  due  to  auto-intoxication  from  defective  elim- 
ination are  improved  and  usually  cured  by  the  systematic 
treatment  pursued. 


DR.  ENOS'S   CONSULTATION  ROOM. 

Well  lighted  operating  room,  fully  equipped  with  all  the 
necessary  appliances  for  carrying  out  the  principles  of 
aseptic  surgery. 

The  absence  of  germ  life,  due  to  the  perfect  hygienic  sur- 
roundings, affords  better  opportunities  for  recovery,  than 
are  available  in  any  general  hospital. 

The  thorough  and  careful  preparation  given  the  patient 
by  rigid  hygiene,  proper  baths,  and  general  tonic  treatment, 
insures  success  when  otherwise  failure  might  ensue. 

The  most  difficult  and  intricate  operations  are  perform- 
ed bv  the  staff. 


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A  separate  department  for  the  care  of  surgical  cases 
till  convalescent. 

In  the  last  few  years  orificial  surgery  has  done  many 
times  more  for  the  cure  of  obscure  chronic  diseases  than  any 
other  one  method. 


DR.  TITTKRINGTON'S  CONSULTATION  ROOM. 

In  the  cure  of  reflex  diseases  this  branch  of  surgery 
plays  the  most  important  part,  such  as  hemorrhoids,  bladder 
troubles,  uterine  inflammation,  diseases  of  the  air  passages, 
and  neurasthenia. 

Many  afflicted  with  diseases  peculiar  to  their  sex  recov- 
er without  surgical  procedure,  after  receiving  the  benefit  of 
the  treatment  here  given. 

Abdominal   operations  for   the    removal  of  tumors   and 


growths  of   different  kinds,  as  well  as  all  plastic  operations, 
are  performed  when  necessary. 

Upon  admission,  the  secretion  from  the  kidneys  for 
twenty-four  hours  is  collected  for  chemical  and  microscopical 
examination,  in  order  that  correct  diet  and  treatment  may  be 
prescribed. 


OPERATING  ROOM. 


By  the  proper  use  of  treatment,  the  skin  is  made  to  do  a 
large  part  of  the  eliminating-,  thereby  giving-  the  kidneys 
a  rest,  when  they  are  restored  to  their  normal  functions. 
The  excellent  results  obtained  are  many  times  beyond  ex- 
pectation. 

With  the  thorough  eliminative  treatments  given,  the  use 


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of  electricity,    physiological  diet   and   judicious   medication, 
rheumatic  conditions  are  easily  cured. 

The  neurotic  cure  for  drug1  and  whisky  habits  is  also  in 
the  line  of  treatments  given  at  this  hospital.  Its  object  is  to 
cure  permanently  and  quickly  all  diseases  produced  by  the 
excessive  use  of  Whisk}*-,  Tobacco,  Cigarettes,  Opium,  Mor- 
phine, Laudanum,  Cocaine,  Chloral,  and  all  other  drug 
habits. 


SURGICAL    WARD. 


The  treatment  is  painless  and  absolutely  safe.  Several 
thousand  persons  have  been  cured  by  our  treatment,  with 
no  failures  and  no  relapses.  No  other  treatment  has  prov- 
ed so  successful. 

DRS.  ENOS  &  TITERINGTON, 

JRRSKYYILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


oecret    oocieties. 


SONS  OF  TEMPERANCK. 

Jerseyville  Division,  No.  16,  Sons  of  Temperance,  was 
the  first  lodge  of  a  secret  order,  not  only  in  the  city  of  Jer- 
seyville, but  Jersey  county  as  well.  It  was  first  organized 
August  4,  1847,  with  the  following  officers:  G.  C.  Woods,  W, 
P.;  A.  B.  Morean,  W.  A.;  Wm.  B.  Nevius,  R.  S.;  Thomas  L. 
McGill,  A.  R.  S.;  W.  J.  West,  F.  S.;  Charles  H.  Knapp,  treas- 
urer; Amos  Brown,  Chap.;  P.  C.  Walker,  Cond.;  A.  P.  Staats, 

A.  C.;  George  Wharton,  I.  S.;  Francis  Osborne,  O.  S.;  Elihu 
J.  Palmer,  P.  W.  P.;  Wm.  Eads,  A.  C.;  James  C.  Ross,  I.  S.; 
Johnson   Norris,  O.  S.        The   Division   organized     with     30 
members   and  advanced  to  200. 

In  1851,  the  Division  built  a  fine  two  story  hall  just  north 
of  the  court  house,  now  occupied  as  a  residence  by  Mrs.  J. 
K,  Stelle.  This  hall  was  22x50  feet,  which  was  dedicated  by 
G.  W.  P.  Morean  in  September,  1851.  The  buildings  and 
ground  cost  about  $2,000.  G.  C.  Wood  was  first  W.  P.,  N. 
L.  Adams,  W.  A.. 

The  interest  gradully  died  out  and  finally  meetings 
were  no  longer  held,  and  the  Division  was  disbanded.  This 
Division  was  re-organized  Feb.  11,  1878,  by  Grand  Worthy 
Patriarch  Rev.  J.  Nate,  of  the  Grand  Divison  of  the  Sons  of 
Temperance  of  Illinois.  The  charter  members  were:  Hen- 
ry Gill,  Lewis  R.  Meyers,  Wm.  F.  Gammell,  Johnson  Norris, 
Daniel  McFain,  George  Morley,  Eli  D.  Walker.  Henrv  Deli- 
cate, Wm,  H.  Pogue,  B.  C.  Clayton,  Daniel  W.  Phillips,  O. 

B.  Hamilton,    Stephen  Catt,   James  A.  Barr,   James  C.  Ross, 
George  W.  West,  Francis  Osborn,  Lewis  R.  Phelps,  Francis 
R.  Dutton,  Norman  E.  Landon,,  Chas.  W.  Enos,  N.  H.  Lan- 
don,  and  Wm.   McBride. 


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JRRSEYVILLE    LODGK,     I.  O.  O.   F. 

Jerseyville  Lodge,  No.  53,  I.  O.  O.  F,,  was  instituted 
May  3,  1849,  at  the  court  house  in  Jerseyville  by  District  De- 
puty Grand  Master  Raynor,  of  Collinsville,  assisted  by  T,  P, 
Ash,  N.  G  ;  and  six  other  officers  and  members  of  Alton 
Lodge,  No.  2.  The  five  charter  members  were  Pay  ten  C, 
Walker,  A,  C.  Hutchinson,  Dr,  James  Bringhurst,  Samuel 
Cowen,  and  C.  H.  Roberts.  The  members  initiated  on  that 
evening-  were:  Wm.  Yates,  Dr.  J.  C.  Perry;  N.  L,  Adams, 
A.  P.  Staats,  R.  L.  Hill,  P.  Silloway,  Georg-e  E.  Warren.  C. 
F  Burke  and  Jonathan  Plowman,  The  first  officers  were: 
Wm.  Yates,  N.  G.;  R.  L.  Hill,  V.  G.;  C.  H,  Roberts,  Sec'y, 
and  Jonathan  Plowman,  Treasurer. 

The  first  hall  used  by  the  lodge  was  erected  in  1851,  by 
stock  subscription  of  the  members,  There  were  180  shares 
of  $10  each,  the  lodge  at  first  subscribing-  17}^  shares,  and 
finally  purchasing-  the  remainder.  This  hall  was  on  North 
Main  street,  the  present  site  of  the  Warren-Wiseman  Dry 
Goods  House.  The  lodg-e  occupied  this  hall  until  Jan.,  1871, 
when  they  took  possession  of  their  present  one,  in  a  three 
story  brick  building-  on  West  Pearl  street.  This  edifice  was 
erected  by  B.  C.  Vandervoortand  the  lodge, — the  former  put- 
ting up  the  first  two  stories,  and  the  lodge  the  third.  The 
cost  of  the  hall  and  furniture  was  $3,200.  The  old  hall  prop- 
erty was  sold  for  $2,500.  The  lodge  property  is  now  valued 
at  $3, 000.  The  lodge  is  in  a  prosperous  condition,  and  has  a 
fund  of  $3,100  at  interest.  The  present  officers  are:  C.  F. 
Fales,  N.  G.;  Wm.  Horn.  V.  G.;  C.  R.  Snyder,  L.  S.  V. 
G.;  D.  J.  Murphy,  R.  S.  S.;  F.  W.  Roerig,  Sec.;  J.  H.  Duf- 
field,  Chaplain.;  F.  D.  Heller,  Permanent  Sec. 
A.  W.  Cross,  Tr.;  W.  E.  Holland,  Warden;  H.  W.  Fisher; 
Conductor;  E.  O.  Hartwick,  O.  S.;  D.  C.  Miller,  J.  S.;  G.  H. 
Woodruff,  R,  S.  N.  G.;  W.  H.  Coulthard,  L.  S.  &  G.;  L.  C, 
Smalley,  R.  S.  V.  G.  W.  E.  Holland,  Aaron  N.  Ford,  D. 
J.  Murphy,  C.  Q.  Daniels,  C,.  R  Snyder,  trustees.  Present 
membership,  82;  meets  every  Thursday  night. 


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JERSEYVILLE    ENCAMPMENT. 

Jerseyvile  Encampment,  No.20,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  was  instituted 
July  6,  1852,  bv  Grand  Patriach  James  E.  Starr,  assisted  by 
J.  P.  Baumont,  H.  P.;  Wm.  Shattuck,  S.  W.;  A.  S.  Barry,  J. 
W.;  B.  F.  Barry,  Scribe,  with  the  following-  charter  mem- 
bers: Rev.  L.  P.  Grosvenor,  P.  C.  Walker,  Wrig-ht  Casey, 
Edwin  A.  Casey.  A.  L.  Knapp,  N.  L.  Adams,  C.  H.  Roberts. 
The  first  officers  elected  were:  L.  P.  Grosvenor,  C.  P.; 
N.  L.  Adams,  S.  W.;  C.  H.  Roberts,  Scribe;  Wrig-ht  Casey, 
Treasurer.  At  the  same  meeting-  the  following1  members 
were  elected  and  initiated:  Wm.  Yates,  A.  M.  Blackburn, 
Georg-e  E.  Warren,  B.  B.  Hamilton  and  H.  O.  Goodrich.  This 
lodge  is  still  prospering-. 

RUBY  LODGE,  NO.  263, 

Daughters  of  Rebekah,  was  org-anized  in  Jersey ville,  111., 
by  Past  Grand  Master,  James  E,  Starr,  acting-  under  and  by 
virtue  of  a  warrant  and  dispensation  issued  by  J.  Otis  Hum- 
phrey, Grand  Master  of  Illinois.  The  first  officers  elected 
were  as  follows:  Noble  Grand,  Henrietta  Ford;  Vice 
Grand,  Carry  Sission;  Secretary,  Henretta  I,  Carr;  Treasur- 
er, Harriet  G.  Warren.  The  above  officers  were  installed 
into  their  respective  offices  September  13,  1889.  The  follow- 
ing- persons  were  its  charter  members: 

Judg-e  Geo.  E.  Warren,  Sr.,  Joseph  S.  Carr,  William  M. 
Estebrooke,  Henry  W.  Fisher,  Georg-e  A.  Fry,  Henry 
Schoppe,  C.  Flencer,  and  Geo.  W.  Woodruff,  Sr.,  Mrs.  H.  C. 
Leak,  Mrs.  Henry  W.  Fisher,  Mrs,  C.  F.  Cruser,  Mrs.  Hen- 
rietta Ford,'  Mrs.  Henrietta  L  Carr,  Mrs.  Carrie  Sissions, 
Mrs.  Georg-e  E,  Warren. 

The  present  officers  are:  Noble  Grand,  J.  H.  Duffield; 
Vice  Grand,  A.  W,  Cross;  Recording-  Secretary,  Mrs.  Carrie 
L,  Tack;  Financial  Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  E.  Carlin;  Chaplain, 
Mrs.  Henrietta  Ford;  Treasurer,  Mrs.  Anna  Cross;  Rig-ht- 
and-Left  Supporters  of  Noble  Grand,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry 
H.  Houg-htlin;  Rig-ht  Supporter  of  Vice  Grand,  Mrs.  Anna 


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Snedeker;  Warden,  Mrs.  Etta  Carr;  Inner  Guardian,  Miss 
Ollie  Gamble;  Outer  Guardian,  Geo.  Woodruff,  sr,;  Con- 
ductor, Mrs.  Pina  Engel. 

KNIGHTS  OF  PYTHIAS. 

Antioch  Lodge,  No.  65,  Knights  of  Pythias,  was  organ- 
ized April  5,  1876.  The  following  were  its  charter  mem- 
bers: George  W.  Herdman,  George  C.  Cockrell,  H,  D. 
Stelle,  Elias  Cockrell,  W.  S.  Bowman,  J.  P.  Holcomb,  Wm, 
L.  Scott,  Henry  Nevius,  G.  M.  Eaton,  A.  H.  Barrett,  C.  E. 
Casey,  Henry  T.  Nail,  John  Wiley,  S.  J.  Snedeker,  1.  H. 
Bothwell,  J.  I.  McGready,  H.  D.  Field  and  Wm.  H.  Edgar. 

The  first  officers  were:  George  W.  Herdman,  C.  C; 
II.  T.  Nail,  V.  C.;  G.-  M.  Eaton,  M.  of  E.;  G.  C.  Cock- 
rell, P.  C.;  H.  D.  Stelle,  R.  S.  of  R.  &  S.;  A.  H.  Barrett, 
M.  at  A.;  H,  Nevius,  I.  G.;  John  Wiley,  O.  G.;  W.  S.  Bow- 
man, Prelate. 

KNIGHTS  OF   HONOR. 

Apollo  Lodge,  No.  877,  Knights  of  Honor,  was  organized 
February  11,  1878,  by  D.  G.  D.  John  B.  Booker,  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  K.  of  H.,  of  Illinois,  with  20  charter  members.  The 
membership  is  composed  of  some  of  the  most  prominent 
citzens  of  Jerseyville  and  Jersey  county. 

MUTUAL     AID. 

Jerseyville  Lodge,  No.  87,  Independent  Order  of  Mutual 
Aid,  was  instituted  and  charter  granted  July  20,1880,  The 
charter  members  were  as  follows:  R.  P.  Shackelford,  Wm. 
Ford,  Peter  Dolan,  Thomas  A.  Davis,  Wm.  E.  Hibble,  H. 
Z.  Gill,  Philip  Block,  John  Mode, Henry  Heller,  Frank  Hartz- 
en,  David  W.  Zeller,  Christian  Harms,  Joseph  W.  Van  Cleve, 
John  W.  Vinson,  John  M.  Waller,  Chas.  A.  Edgar,  Conrad 
Borger,  Fredrick  Hund,  Fredrick  Nagle,  C.  F.  Hawkins, 
George  W.  Wolfe  and  G.  W.  Shafer.  The  first  officers 
were:  R.  P.  Shackelford,  P.  P.;  Wm.  Ford,  Pres.;  Peter 
Dolan,  V.  P.;  T.  A.  Davis,  R.  S.;  W.  E.  Hibble,  F.  S.;  H.  Z. 
Gill,  Treasurer;  J.  M.  Van  Cleve,  Chaplain;  John  Mode,  I.  G.; 


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Christian   Harms,  O.  G.;  Fred   Hartzen,   Conductor;    D.  M  . 
Zeller,  Henry  Heller  and  Philip  Block,    Trustees. 

JERSKYVILLE    LODGE,     A,   F.  &  A.  M. 

At  a  meeting-  at  the  office  of  Dr.  J.  L.  White,  Sept,  19, 
1863,  D'Arcy  Lodge,  U.  D.,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  was  organized, 
with  the  following-  officers:  J.  L.  White,  W.  M.;  John  N. 
Squier,  S.  W.;  Wm.  B.  Nevius,  J.  W.  Others  present  at  the 
meeting- were:  Milton  Park,  J.  E.  Van  Pelt,  N.  Smith,  S. 
Calhoun,  B.  F.  Calhoun,  J.  B.  Schroeder,  Andrew  Jackson. 

September  12,  1864,  the  name  of  the  Lodge  was  changed 
to  the  Jerseyville  Lodge,  and  an  application  was  made  for  a 
charter,  which  was  granted  on  October  5,  1864  The  peti- 
tioners were:  N,  L,  Adams,  Charles  N.  Adams,  W .  W  . 
Bailey,  Charles  H.  Bowman,  James  Bringhurst,  Edward  Bo- 
hannan,  A.  Calhoun,  B.  F.  Calhoun,  P.  D.  Cheney,  M.  V, 
Hamilton,  Andrew  Jackson,  John  L.  Lofton,  Thos,  Marshall, 
W .  B.  Nevius,  John  H,  Onetto,  Milton  Park,  W,  H,  Schroe- 
der, J.  E.  Van  Pelt,  J.  L.  White,  W,  H.  Smith,  besides  sever- 
al others  residing  in,  and  near  Jerseyville. 

The  Lodge  was  chartered  as  Jersevville  Lodge,  No.  394, 
with  J.  L.  White,  W.  M.;  John  N.  Squier,  S,  W  ,;  Wm.  B. 
Nevius,  J.  R.  On  the  12th  of  December,  1864,  officers  were, 
elected  as  follows:  John  L.  White,  W.  M.;  John  N.  Squier 
S.  W.;  J.  B.  Schroeder,  J.  W.;  W.  W.  Bailey,  Treasurer; 
Andrew  Jackson,  Secretary;  Edward  Bohannan,  S.  D.;  B.  F, 
Calhoun,  J.  D. 

In  1882,  the  Lodge  purchased  the  third  story  of  the 
store  building,  then  owned  by  J.  C.  Barr  and  A.  W.  Cross, 
at  a  consideration  of  $1500.  They  then  raised  the  roof  and 
remodeled  the  same  at  an  additional  expense  of  $1800,  so 
they  have  now  elegant  apartments  24x110  feet  in  size;  the 
main  lodge  room  being  24x60  feet  in  dimensions.  The  Chap- 
ter rents  the  use  of  the  aparments  of  the  Blue  Lodge. 

Return  of  Jerseyville,  No.  394,  A.  F.  &  A,  M.,  for  the 
year  commencing  Jnly  1,  1900,  and  ending  June  30,  1901. 

The  stated    communications   are  held  on  Monday,  on  or 


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before  full  moon  in  each  month.  The  annual  elections  are 
held  on  the  stated  meeting's  in  December  of  each  year.  The 
following-  are  the  present  officers,  installed  on  the  31st  day 
of  December,  1901: 

Nicholas  A.  Grosjean,  W.  M.;  William  H.  Catt,  S.  W.; 
Alex.  C.  Robb,  J.  W.;  Isaac  D.  Snedeker,  Secretary;  Rev.  8. 
Catt,  Chaplain;  Charles  E.  Miner,  S.  D.;  L.  P.  Squier,  J.  D.; 
A.  F.  Pitt.  S.  S.;  C.  A.  Fales,  J.  S.;  A.  G.  Erwin,  Tyler.  The 
present  membership,  in  good  and  regular  standing1,  is  89. 

HICKORY  GROVE  CAMP,  M.  W.  A. 

Hickory  Grove  Camp,  Modern  Woodmen  of  America, 
No.  442,  was  organized  Nov.  28,  1887,  with  forty-two  charter 
members.  The  following1  were  the  first  officers:  J.  K.  Cad- 
wallader,  V.  C.;  J.  B.  Burley,  W.  A.;  H.  H.  Brockman,  Bank- 
er; Oscar  Hill,  Clerk;  George  Sturdevant,  Escort;  D.  U. 
Zeller,  Sentry;  Dr.  E.  L.  H.  Barry,  Physician;  O.  A.  Sned- 
eker and  C.  R.  Hutchison,  managers. 

The  Camp  meets  regularly  on  the  second  and  fourth 
Monday  nights  of  each  month  in  Odd  Fellows'  Hall.  The 
present  membership  is  225. 

Following  are  the  officers  for  1901:  Wm.  Rohacek,  V. 
C.;  W.  H.  H.  West,  Sr.,  W.  A.;  H.  H.  Brockman,  Banker; 
Oscar  Hill,  Clerk;  F.  M.  Dashner,  Escort;  E.  C.  Brooks, 
Watchman;  Henry  Duelling,  Sentry;  Dr.  H.  R.  Gledhill, 
Physician;  W.  P.  Corns,  W.  H.Coulthard,  J.  W.  Becker,  Man- 
agers; B.  W.  Akard,  H.  B.  Hill,  D.  J.  Murphy,  Relief  Com- 
mittee. 

A.  STKKLMAN  CAMP,  M.  W.  A. 

A.  Steelman  Camp,  M.  W.  A.,  No.  3410,  was  organized 
Nov.  25,  1895,  with  the  following  persons  as  its  first  officers: 
W.  P.  Richards,  V.  C.;  Robert  B.  Shortal,  W.  A.;  William 
Hanley,  Banker;  E.  C.  Sperling,  Clerk;  Fred  Schmidt,  Jacob 
Wagner,  H.  C.  Leak,  Managers;  Dr.  E.  L.  H.  Barry,  Physi- 
cian. The  Camp  has  a  membership  of  135,  and  meets  in  a 
nicely  furnished  hall  on  the  third  floor  of  the  Chapman 


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Block,  on  the  first  and  third  Friday  nights  of  each  month. 
Present  officers:  Joe  A.  Snodgrass,  V  C.;  John  A. 
Walker,  W.  A-;  William  Hanley,  Banker;  Ed.  L.  Derby, 
Clerk;  Wm.  Ballard,  Escort;  Charles  W.  Rudolph,  watch- 
man; Albert  Riley,  sentry;  Aaron  Dodson,  Philip  Mode, 
Patrick  Pursell,  managers;  Dr.  M.  B.  Tittering-ton,  physi- 
cian; James  A.  Bracy,  chief  forester:  vV.  H.  Noble,  Richard 
Flamm,  Edward  Pope,  relief  committee. 

KOYAL  NEIGHBORS  OF  AMERICA. 

Steelman  Camp,  Royal  Neighbors  of  America,  No,  146, 
was  organized  April  12,  1895,  with  fifty-three  charter  mem- 
bers The  camp  has  at  present  80  members,  and  meets  in 
the  hall  of  A,  Steelmam  Camp,  M.  W.  A. 

Present  officers:  Mrs.  Maggie  Akard,  oracle;  Miss  Nel- 
lie Ford,  vice-oracle;  Mrs.  Lena  Griggs,  chancellor;  Mrs. 
Emma  Dodson,  past  oracle;  Mrs,  Charles  H.  Voorhees,  re- 
ceiver; Mrs.  Anna  Snedeker,  recorder;  Mrs.  Bertha  Erwin, 
marshal;  Mrs,  Sophia  Zeller,  inside  sentinel;  Mrs.  Susie 
Walker,  outside  sentinel;  Mrs. Lottie  Perrine,  musician;  Dr. 
Cordelia  Enos  and  Dr.  H,  R.  Gledhill,  physicians;  Mrs.  A, 
Seago,  Mrs,  Jennie  Miller,  Mrs,  Emma  Wilcox,  managers. 

LOWE    POST,     NO.  295,  G.  A,  R. 

Lowe  Post,  G,  A.  R,,  No,  295,  held  its  first  organized 
meeting  July  6,  18S3,  and  the  following  charter  members  were 
mustered  in  by  commander  John  G.  Mack,  of  Springfield, 
111.:  H,  C.  Bull,  J.  H.  Duffield,  A.  J.  Osborne,  John  Powell, 
W.  H.  Coulthard,  C.  F.  Cruse r,  S,  P.  Clendenen,  G.  H.  Stui-- 
devant,  John  E,  Boynton,  Charles  Doerge,  Wm.  L.  Rue, 
John  H.  Price,  G,  C.  Cockrell,  J.  S.  Malott,  E.  L.  H.  Barry, 
Stephen  Catt,  John  Fraser,  and  Wm.  F.  Gambel.  Officers 
were  elected  at  the  first  meeting  as  follows:  J.  H.  Duffield, 
P.  C.;  A.  J.  Osborne,  S.  V.  C.;  Chas.  Doerge,  J.  V.  C,;  J.  S. 
Malott,  Adjutant;  W.  H.  Coulthard,  Q.  vl.;  E.  L.  H.  Barry, 
Surgeon;  Rev.  Stephen  Catt,  Chaplain;  John  Powell,  O.  D.; 
H.  C.  Bull,  O.  G.;  N.  C.  Beaty,  S.  M.;  G.  H.  Sturdevant  Q. 
S. 


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The  following-  are  the  present  officers  in  command,  (1901): 
John  Harg-raves,  P.  C.;  W.  H.  Houg-htlin,  S.  V.  C.;  Wm.  Cook, 
J.  V.  C.;  J.  H.  Duffield,  P.  P.  C.;  Rev.  S.  Catt,  Chaplain;  W, 
H.Colthard  ,Q.  M.;  J.  H.  Duffield,  Adjutant;  R.  C.Gledhill  ,Sur- 
g-eon;  H.  T.  Hill,  O.  D.;  Pat.  Fitzpatrick,  O.  G.;  F.  M.  Dod- 
son,  S.  M.;  Al  Hughes,  Q.  M.  S.  Present  membership,  33. 
Meet  the  2nd  and  4th  Fridays  of  each  month. 

WOMAN'S  RELIKF  CORPS. 

Woman's  Relief  Corps  organized  in  Jerseyville,  111.,  Oct. 
25,  1882,  by  Mrs.  Josie  Bailey,  of  East  St.  Louis,  with  19 
charter  members.  The  following-  were  the  names  of  the 
charter  officers:  Mrs.  Emma  Everts,  President;  Mrs.  Wal- 
ter Carlin,  Sr.  Vice  President;  Mrs.  Ella  Rue,  Jr.  Vice  Pres- 
ident; Miss  Ida  Coulthard,  treasurer;  Mrs.  N.  C.  Beatv, 
chaplain;  Miss  Eugenia  Carlin,  conductor;  Mrs  W.  H.  Cook, 
g-uard;  Miss  Florence  Everts,  secretary. 

Motto  :  Charity,  Loyalty,  Fraternity.  This  organiza- 
tion has  done  much  more  charitable  work  than  any  person 
outside  of  the  society  is  aware  of.  Since  the  Provident  soci- 
ety ceased  to  exist,  their  work  has  been  done  by  this 
Society.  Able  and  benevolent  women  constitute  the 
membership  of  this  corps  They  indeed  make  their  motto 
practical.  In  the  treasurer's  report,  about  $47  was  given  to 
the  deserving1  poor  during  one  quarter.  Present  officers 
are:  Mrs.  Sarah  Squier,  president;  Mrs.  Mary  Cook,  sr. 
vice  president;  Mrs.  J.  H.  Duffield,  jr.  vice  president;  Mrs, 
Stephen  Catt,  chaplain;  Mrs.  Ella  Rue,  secretary;  Mrs.  Harry 
Houghtlin,  treasurer;  Mrs.  Hattie  Dodson,  conductor;  Mrs. 
Nettie  Purinton,  guard.  The  color  bearers  are:  Mrs.  Clara 
Brooks,  1st  color  bearer;  Mrs,  Carrie  Tack,  2nd  color  bearer; 
Mrs.  John  Christy,  3rd  color  bearer;  Mrs.  R.  C.  Gledhill, 
4th  color  bearer.  The  present  membership  is  about  25. 
This  society  is  worthy  of  a  helping  hand  always. 

MUTUAL  PROTECTIVE  LEAGUE. 

The  Mutual  Protective  League  was  organized  in  Jersey- 


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ville,  111.,  September  27,  1898,  by  George  A.  Rowden,  Deputy 
Vice  President,  with  70  charter  members.  Charter  officers 
were:  Eugene  Hale,  president;  Samantha  Wylder,  vice  presi- 
ent;  W.  H.  Schroeder,  secretary;  Jacob  Wagner,  treas.;  Rev. 
Wm.  Kearns,  chaplain.  Meeting  in  Chapman  Hall  every  1st 
and  3rd  Thursday  evenings.  Present  membership,  140. 

WESTERN    CATHOLIC    UNION. 

The  Western  Catholic  Union  is  a  benevolent  association 
for  mutual  protection  and  aid  in  time  of  need,  sickness  and 
death,  to  be  called,  St.  Francis  Xavier,  No.  12,  subject  to  the 
constitution  of  the  supreme  council  of  the  W  estern  Catholic 
Union,  permanently  located  at  Quincy,  111.,  and  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  and  regulations  of  the  charter  granted 
by  the  Central  Union.  The  charter  officers  of  this  associa- 
tion were:  John  A.  Shephard,  president;  Patrick  Dunphy, 
vice  president;  Fred  J.  Bertman,  financial  secretary;  Nicho- 
las Wallace,  secretary;  John  Sweeney,  treasurer;  John 
Jennings,  Patrick  Fahey,  Robert  Kinsella,  John  F.  Bertman, 
James  Flemming,  trustees. 

This  association  was  organized  by  Mr,  Gatz  at  the  Ca- 
tholic school  house  January  13,  1881.  Mr.  Gatz  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Western  Catholic  Union  of  Quincy,  111.  The  fol- 
lowing persons  composed  the  charter  members  of  the  soci- 
ety: Patrick  Dunphy,  Robert  Kinsella,  Fred  J,  Bertman, 
John  F.  Bertman,  Wm.  H.  Ryan,  John  Sweeney,  Nicholas 
Wallace,  John  Jennings,  James  Gibbs,  John  A.  Shephard, 
Patrick  Fahey,  James  Flemming,  John  Flaherty.  Officers 
for  1901  are  as  follows:  John  Dunphy,  president;  Edward 
Burns,  vice  president;  Thomas  A.  Kraus,  financial  secre- 
tary; John  C.  Bertman,  recording  secretary;  John  C.  Mc- 
Grath,  treasurer.  Rev.  F.  A.  Marks,  Thomas  Costello, 
Mathew  Welch,  John  Sweeney,  Henry  C.  Maloney,  trustees. 

JERSEYVTLLE  HIGH  SCHOOL  ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION. 

"Its  object  is  to  procure  closer  social  relations  among  its 
members,  and  to  cultivate  in   them  a  keener  desire   for  the 


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acquisition  of  knowledge,  to  promote  the  interests  of  the 
city  of  Jerseyville,  and  to  pay  fitting1  tribute  to  her  system  of 
free  education." 

"Its  officers  shall  be  a  president,  a  vice  president,  a  sec- 
retary, treasurer,  and  board  of  directors.  The  association 
will  be  composed  of  regular  and  honorary  members.  High 
school  graduates  are  regular,  and  others  not  graduates, 
elected  so  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  of  the  soci- 
ety at  any  regular  meeting,  are  honorary  members.  They 
shall  be  exempt  from  dues,  but  they  shall  have  no  voice  in 
the  assiciation,  and  shall  not  hold  office." 

At  the  time  of  the  incorporation  of  this  association,  it 
was  the  first  of  the  kind  incorporated  in  the  State  of  Illinois. 
"The  seal  of  this  association  shall  consist  of  a  circular  im- 
pression, lettered  on  the  margin  as  follows:  "The  Jersey- 
ville High  School  Alumni  Association;  the  inner  circle  to  con- 
tain the  following  words:  'Incorporated  April  24,  1891,'  with 
a  design  of  the  lamp  of  knowledge.  The  asseciation  shall 
hold  regular  meetings  on  the  third  Friday  in  June  of  each 
year." 

In  the  last  twenty-fours,  (since  1878),  there  have  been 
404  regular  graduates  from  the  Jerseyville  High  School, 
averaging  16  5-6  yearly,  besides  27  graduate  sin  stenography, 
17  post  graduates,  and  10  miscellaneous,  or  classical  gradu- 
ates, 158  in  all.  For  the  past  several  years  this  association 
has  given  an  entertainment  course  of  a  high  class.  The  an- 
nual reception  and  banquet  given  the  graduating  class  is  the 
great  event  of  the  year. 

THE  MOTHERS'  SOCIETY. 

The  object  of  this  society  is  to  encourage  every  thing 
that  aids  in  the  happiness  and  usefulness  of  home  life. 
Officers  of  this  oi'ganization  are  Mrs,  Wm.  Landon,  Presi- 
dent: Mrs.  Eugene  Brooks,  Secretarv. 

MONDAY  MUSICAL  CLUB. 

The   Monday   Musical  Club   was  organized   in  the  fall  of 
1806.     The   first  officers   were   as   follows:     Miss   Elizabeth 


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Van  Home,  president;  Mrs.  Harry  S.  Daniels,  secretary  and 
treasurer.  Club  meets  every  alternate  Monday  in  each 
month.  The  object  of  the  organization  is  to  provide  profit- 
able exercises  of  vocal  and  instrumental  talent  among-  the 
members  in  the  community,  and  to  cultivate  a  taste  for  clas- 
sical music.  The  membership  of  the  society  consists  of 
ladies,  who  are  divided  into  25  active,  and  20  associate  mem- 
bers. The  present  officers  are:  President,  Mrs.  Nellie 
Porter;  vice  president,  Mrs.  J.  R.  Colean;  secretary  and 
treasurer,  Miss  Juliet  Both  well;  executive  committee,  Mrs. 
L.  M.  Cutting,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Cochran,  Miss  Nellie  Porter. 
Present  membership,  40. 

CLUBS  AND  O'l  HER  SOCIETIES. 

Among  the  other  clubs  and  societies  are  the  following: 
The  Ladies'  Tourist  Club,  the  Bachelor  Maids'  Club,  the 
Young  Married  Women's  Club,  the  Jerseyville  Humane  So- 
ciety, The  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

The  Jerseyvlile  Commercial  Club  was  organized  in  1901. 
It  has  nicely  furnished  rooms  on  the  second  floor  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows1 building. 


GEOKGE    D.    LOCKK. 


>i Graphical  Sketches. 


HON.    GEORGE    D,  LOCKE. 

Was  born  in  Jersey  ville,  Illinois,  October  3,  1874.  He  is 
the  only  son  of  James  A.  and  Anna  M,  (nee  Wharton), Locke. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  High  School  of 
Jerseyville,  111.  A  graduate  of  Terre  Haute,  Indiana,  Com- 
mercial College  in  the  year  1891.  For  five  years  he  clerked 
in  the  general  office  of  the  Chicago,  Peoria  &  St.  Louis  R.  R. 
Co.;  also  holding"  the  responsible  position  of  station  agent  in 
Jerseyville  when  but  17  years  of  age. 

He  began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Chapman  & 
Vaughn  in  Jerseyville,  111.,  February,  1894,  and  continued 
his  law  studies  unil  February,  1896,  when  he  purchased  a 
controlling  interest  in  the  Jerseyville  Electric  Light,  Gas 
and  Power  Co.,  and  was  the  secretary,  treasurer,and  general 
manager  of  the  companv  until  July  1,  1900,  when  he  sold  the 
entire  plant  to  Rosenthal  &  Ford  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.  He  is 
now  the  junior  member  of  the  Investment  Banking,  and  Ab- 
stract firm  of  Chapman  &  Locke, 

He  was  elected  Mayor  of  the  city  of  Jerseyville  on  the 
Democratic  ticket,  April  16,  1901,  by  a  majority  of  317,  being 
the  largest  majority  ever  given  a  candidate  for  the  office  in. 
Jerseyville.  Besides,  he  is  the  youngest  man  ever  elected  to 
this  office,  being  only  26  years  old.  He  is  also  secretary  of 
the  Board  of  Education. 

On  August  15,  1894,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Mabel 
G,  P.  Post,  daughter  of  Caleb  A.  Post  and  Maggie  M,  (nee 
Murray),  Post.  The  fruits  of  this  union  are  two  sons — Arch- 
ibald and  Lucien. 


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HON.     JOHN    NELSON  ENGLISH, 

Hon.  John  Nelson  English  was  born  in  Henry  county, 
Kentucky,  March  31,  1810.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Thomas 
and  Alia  English,  who  were  the  parents  of  twelve  children. 
Their  ancestors  were  Irish  and  German.  Mr,  English's 
father  was  a  native  of  Maryland,  his  mother,  of  Pennsylvania. 
Mr.  English's  mother  was  a  daughter  of  Jonathan  Cooper,  a 
half  sister  of  Capt.  Jonathan  English  Cooper,  so  well  and 
favorably  known  in  Jersey  county. 

For  half  a  century  Mr.  English  took  a  prominent  and 
leading  part  in  the  public  affairs  of  Jersey  county.  He  came 
to  the  present  limits  of  Jersey  county  with  his  parents  when 
he  was  15  years  old,  in  1825,  and  remained  here  continuously 
to  his  death.  Mr.  English  received  his  early  education  in 
the  schools  of  Washington  and  Jersey  counties. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Black  Hawk  war  of  1831, he  en- 
listed in  Capt.  Carlin's  company  of  mounted  volunteers,  and 
was  mustered  in  at  Carrollton,  III.,  and  immediately  started 
on  a  march  to  Rock  Island,  where  the  treat}' with  the  Indians 
was  soon  afterwards  made,  when  he  returned  home,  and  in 
1832,  enlisted  in  Capt.  Patterson's  company  and  participated 
in  the  battles  of  Wisconsin  and  Bad  Ax.  After  treaty  was 
made  and  peace  restored,  he  was  honorably  dischaged.  Af- 
ter returning  home,  Mr.  English  spent  the  next  summer 
wrthD.  A.  Spalding,  government  surveyor,  in  surveying  the 
lands  around  Lake  Michigan.  He  assisted  in  surveying  the 
land,  in  1833,  where  now  stands  the  city  of  Chicago,  making 
his  headquarters  in  old  Fort  Dearborn,  on  Dearborn  street, 
He  told  many  very  interesting,  amusing  and  thrilling  stories 
of  those  early  days.  He  once  stood  where  now  stands  Will 
Hanley's  meat  market  and  killed  a  deer  that  chanced  to  be 
galloping  by.  He  raised  a  large  crop  of  corn  where  now 
stands  the  court  house,  about  15  acres,  all  west  of  the  "In 
dian  trail,"  what  we  now  call  State  street. 

He  rode  on  horse-back  all  over  what  is  now  Jersey  coun- 
ty with  a  petition  for  signers  to  set  off  Jersey  county,  which 


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was  then  a  part  of  Greene  county,  and  after  he  had  secured 
sufficient  petitioners,  he  rode  on  horse-back  to  the  Capital  of 
the  State,  then  at  Vandalia,  111.,  when  Jersey  county  was 
cut  off  from  Greene  county.  I  am  not  saying  too  much  when 
I  say,  that  for  the  first  50  years  of  Jersey  county's  existence, 
there  was  not  a  man  in  it  who  did  so  much  for  the  county 
and  the  people  in  it,  as  J.  N.  English,  In  August,  1889,  the 
old  settlers  of  the  county  met  in  the  court  house  yard  and 
celebrated  the  semi-centennial  of  Jersey  county's  existence. 
On  that  day  a  picture  of  29  of  the  old  settlers  was  taken,  but 
Mr.  English  had  passed  beyond  before  that  day,  thus  no- 
body points  out  his  face  in  the  group.  It  would  be  bat  a 
fitting  tribute,  if  the  citizens  of  Jersey  county  now  living 
would  erect  a  monument  to  his  memory  just  inside  the 
court  house  yard. 

In  the  summer  of  1834,  at  the  age  of  24  years,  he  pur- 
chased a  farm  in  Jersey  county,  four  miles  southwest  of  Jer- 
sey ville,  which  he  began  at  once  to  improve.  He  was  the  first 
elected  sheriff  of  Jersey  county. 

On  December,  1840,  when  he  was  at  the  of  30  years,  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Belt,a  daughter  of  Horatio  W. 
Belt,  a  pioneer  of  Jersey  county.  Fruits  of  this  union  were 
four  sons — Thomas,  Lloyd,  John  N.  and  R.  B.  English. 
When  his  of  office  as  sheriff  expired,  he,  in  company  with 
Messrs.  Magee  &  Terry,  erected  a  steam  grist  and  saw  mill 
five  miles  west  of  Jersey  ville. 

They  carried  it  on  about  two  years,  when  they 
sold  it.  He  next  went  to  steam  boating  on  the  river,  with 
the  rank  of  mate.  He  followed  the  river  for  two  years, 
when  he  came  homeand  bought  a  farm  five  miles  west  of  Jer- 
sey ville,  in  what  is  now  known  as  English  township.  He  set- 
tled on  it  in  the  fall  of  1847, since  which  date  most  of  his  time 
was  spent  in  agricultural  pursuits,  stock  raising,  from 
which  he  made  a  competency 

In  the  fall  of  1860,  Mr,  English  was  elected  to  the  Legis- 
lature of  Illinois  from  Jersey  and  Calhoun  counties.  He  was 


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re-elected  after  the  expiration  of  his  first  term  by  a  large 
majority,  filling-  the  position  with  honor  to  himself  and  satis- 
faction to  his  constituents. 

Politically,  Mr.  English  was  a  strong"  supporter  of  the 
Democratic  party,  At  most  Senatorial,  Congressional  and 
State  conventions  he  was  a  delegate  from  Jersey  county. 

In  November,  1867,  he  moved  to  a  farm  one-halt  mile 
west  of  the  court  house  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of 
his  days.  On  January  5,  1872,  Mrs.  English,  after  a  long 
and  lingering  illness,  died,  leaving  a  husband  and  three  sons 
to  mourn  their  loss — Lloyd,  John  N.,  and  R.  B.  In  October, 
1873,  Mr.  English  married  Catherine  C.  Silsby,  the  widow  of 
John  Silsby,  of  Jersey  count}7, 

Mr.  English  died  at  his  home  near  Jerseyville,  111.,  sur- 
rounded by  many  friends  and  relatives,  August  25,  1880,  at 
the  age  of  78  years,  5  months  and  15  days.  Thus  closed  a 
long  and  useful  life. 

EDWARD    AUGUSTUS  D'ARCY. 

Edward  Augustus  D'Arcy  was  born  in  Hanover,  Morris 
county,  New  Jersey,  April  15,  1796,  His  father,  John  D'- 
Arcy, was  a  physician  of  eminent  standing  prior  to  the  Revo- 
lution, in  which  war  he  was  surgeon  of  the  1st  New  Jersey 
Regiment,  until  appointed  a  member  of  General  Washing- 
ton's household.  Dr.  John  D'Arcy  married  Phoebe  Johnes, 
daughter  of  a  Presbyterian  minister  of  Morristown,  New 
Jersey,  Edward  being  one  of  their  three  children.  His  edu- 
cation was  gotten  from  the  Morristown  schools,  and  Univer- 
sity of  New  York.  He  graduated  from  the  New  York  Hos- 
pital April  4,  1817,  and  entered  practice  when  21  years  of 
age. 

On  October  22,  1821,  he  married  Mary  McEowen  of 
Basking  Ridge,  New  Jersey.  Ann  Caroline  and  Catherine 
M.  were  the  only  children.  Ann  Caroline  became  the  wife 
of  Hon.  Fredric  H.  Teese  of  Newark,  New  Jersey,  both  now 
dead,  leaving  two  daughters,  Mary  M.  and  Catherine  M., 
neither  of  whom  are  married.  Catherine  M.  became  the 


DR.  K.  A.  D'ARCY. 


—153- 

wife  of  Prentiss  D.  Cheney  of  Jerseyville,  111.  She  died 
April  23,  1877,  and  her  husband  July  3,  1900.  Three  of  their 
four  children  died  in  infancy.  The  other  is  still  living-,  Dr, 
A.  M.  Cheney,  a  physician,  33  years  old,  unmarried. 

Dr.  D'Arcy  came  to  Jersey  county,  then  Greene  county, 
111.,  in  1833,  locating- about  three  miles  south  of  Jerseyville, 
where  his  daug-hter,  Catherine  M.,  was  born,  October,  1838. 
He  never  practiced  medicine  in  Illinois  save  as  consultant,  or 
on  account  of  personal  reasons.  He  had  no  office;  his  pro- 
fessional standing-  was  hig-h,  and  judging-  from  his  written 
notes  and  data,  he  was  cognizant  of  truths  not  then  admitted, 
nor  even  noted  as  possible,  Dr  D'Arcy  died  in  Jerseyville, 
April  25,  1863. 

MUKRAY    CHENEY, 

Murray  Cheney  was  born  February  28,  1809,  in  Addison, 
Vermont,  He  came  to  Jerseyville  in  1833.  He  was  married 
to  Caroline  Pickett,  July  7,  1835,  in  Stockton,  Chautauqua 
county,  New  York,  and  returned  with  his  wife  to  Jerseyville 
in  the  fall  of  1836,  residing-  here  until  1858,  when  he  removed 
to  Sang-amon  county,  Illinois.  In  1861,  he  moved  to  Virden, 
111.,  where  he  died  December  7,  1885. 

Mr.  Cheney  held  the  office  of  constable  fourteen  years, 
up  to  1850,  when  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  Jersey  county, 
which  office  he  held  for  four  years.  He  was  elected  Justice 
of  the  Peace  immediately  upon  going-  to  Virden  to  live, 
which,  with  the  office  of  police  magistrate,  he  held  continu- 
ously by  re-election  for  23  years,  and  which  he  resig-ned  a 
few  months  before  his  death.  He  was  a  man  of  positive  con- 
victions and  of  a  judicial  turn  of  mind.  These  qualities  he 
carried  with  him  into  his  business  and  political  life.  Train- 
ed up  a  Whig-,  he  adhered  to  the  fortunes  of  that  party  until 
its  disruption,  when  he  fell  into  line  with  the  young-  Republi- 
can org-anization,  and  consistenly  supported  its  principles, 
(not  always  without  criticism),  until  his  death.  It  is  worthy 
of  note,  however,  that  in  his  long-  official  life,  he  was  freely 
supported  by  many  political  opponents,  because  of  a  belief 
in  his  personal  fitness  for  the  place. 


—154  - 

During-  the  many  years  that  he  filled  the  office  of  police 
magistrate,  important  cases  growing-  out  of  the  early  anti- 
license  strug-g-le  were  frequently  coming-  up  in  his  court,  and 
while  the  nature  of  these  cases  was  such  as  to  arouse  the 
bitterest  feeling's  of  the  contending-  factions,  his  decisions 
on  points  of  law  and  on  the  merits  ot  cases,  submitted  to  the 
court,  were  such  as  to  convince  thoug-htful  men  on  both 
sides,  that  he  always  acted  conscientiously  and  most  fre- 
qently,  justly;  so  careful  was  he  in  this  respect  that  it  be- 
came the  pride  of  his  later  years  that  not  one  of  the  numer- 
ous decisions  rendered  by  him  and  taken  upon  appeal  to  the 
hig-her  courts,  has  been  reversed.  Though  somewhat  gruff 
and  positive  in  his  address  and  manner  of  conversation,  he 
was  beneath  all  this,  genial  and  sympathetic.  It  was  not  dif- 
ficult to  arouse  his  kindlier  feelings,  and  to  convince  all  that 
the  best  characteristics  of  the  man  were  below  the  surface. 

CAROLINE    PICKETT,  (  CHENEY). 

Caroline  Pickett  was  born  Nov.  25,  1812,  in  Addison,  Ver- 
mont. Gilead  Pickett,  her  father,  departed  this  life  in  1816. 
She  removed  with  her  mother's  family  to  Stockton,  Chautau- 
qua  county,  New  York,  in  1831,  where  she  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Murray  Cheney,  July  7,  1835.  In  October,  1836, 
she  came  to  Jerseyville  with  her  husband  and  infant  child, 
Prentiss  D.  Cheney,  where  she  resided  until  1858,  when  she 
removed  with  her  family  to  Sangamon  county,  Illinois,  resid- 
ing there  until  October,  1*61.  She  then  removed  with  her 
husband  to  Virden,  111.,  where  she  now  resides. 

Nine  children  have  been  born  to  her,  eight  of  them  be- 
ing born  in  Jerseyville.  Of  this  number,  five  are  now  living. 
She  is  the  mother  of  the  first  child  born  in  what  was  then 
the  corporate  limits  of  Jerseyville;  she  was  closely  identified 
with  the  earliest  history  ofthis  city.  Herfirsthome  here  was 
in  part  of  what  is  now  the  Northern  Hotel  on  Main  street, 
built  in  1836  by  Stephen  Herren,  the  other  parts  of  the  house 
being  occupied  by  Horace  Landon  and  family,  Capt.  John  M. 
Smith,  then  not  married,  and  other  young  men,  pioneers  of 


PRENTISS  DANA    CHEN  ICY. 


MRS.    PKKXTISS  I).   CHKXKY. 


...—155— 

this  new  frontier.  She  is  now,  at  89  years  of  age,  a  woman 
of  remarkable  vitality  in  mind  and  memory,  as  well  as  busi- 
ness ability,  and  retains  the  entire  management  and  control 
of  her  own  and  her  husband's  estate,  which  has  never  been 
distributed  and  is  considerable,  under  the  provisions  of  the 
will  of  her  husband,  and  in  accordance  with  her  own  ideas. 

PRENTISS  DANA    CHENEY. 

Prentiss  Dana  Cheney  was  born  August  2, 1826,  in  Stock- 
ton, Chautauqua  county,  N.  Y.  He  died  July  3,  1900,  at  his 
residence  in  Jerseyville.  The  family  removed  from  Stock- 
ton to  Jersey  ville  when  Prentiss  was  an  infant,  not  then  six 
months'  old.  He  acquired  his  early  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  Jerseyville.  His  first  business  experience 
began  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  being  with  Thos,  L.  MGill,  re- 
corder of  Jersey  county,  and  a  large  quantity  of  the  early 
records  will  be  found  in  the  hand-writing  of  Mr. 
Cheney.  His  next  experience  was  as  book-keeper  with 
Alexander  L.  Morean,  in  the  general  merchandise  business 
in  Jerseyville.  After  this,  he  was  with  the  banking  house  of 
Chesnut,  Blackburn  &  Du  Bois.  at  Carlinville,  111.  Subse- 
quently Mr.  Blackburn  removed  to  Jerseyville  and  engaged 
in  banking,  retaining  Mr  Cheney  as  chief  man. 

On  the  6th  of  July,  1859,  Mr.  Cheney  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Catherine  M.  D'Arcy,  daughter  of  the  late  Ed- 
ward D'Arcy,  in  Jerseyville.  Very  soon  after  his  marriage, 
the  Banking  House  of  D'Arcy,  Teese  &  Cheney  wras  opened 
in  Jerseyville.  Later,  the  name  of  Teese  was  withdrawn 
and  the  firm  of  D'Arcy  &  Cheney  continued  the  business  for 
a  number  of  years  after  the  death  of  the  senior  member, 
Mr.  Cheney  then  formed  a  copartnership  with  the  late  By- 
ron Murray  and  with  him  did  a  Banking  and  Brokerage  bus- 
iness, at  27  Wall  street,  in  the  city  of  New  York.  From 
this  copartnership  he  subsequently  withdrew  and  retired  to 
Jerseyville.  He  leaves  one  son,  Dr.  Alexander  M.  Cheney, 
having  buried  three  children  in  their  infancy-  His  wife, 
Catherine  M.  Cheney,  died  April  23,  1877,  in  Florida,  whither 


i-156— 

she  had  gone  for  her  health.  Some  ten  years  later  he 
married  Mrs.  Annette  Higbee. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  a  man  who  took  great  de- 
light in  the  study  of  the  law,  and  in  numerous  cases  of  his 
own,  although  never  acting"  as  his  own  attorney,  he  was  in- 
dustrious and  vig-ilant  in  the  preparation  of  cases,  frequently 
himself  preparing-  the  brief  for  submission  to  the  court. 
This  quality  caused  ,the  appellation  of  "Judge"  to  attach  to 
his  name  for  many  years  prior  to  his  death. 

Prior  to  the  adoption  of  township  organization  in  Jersey 
county,  he  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  County  Commis- 
sioners, acting  several  terms  as  chairman  of  that  Board. 
Afterwards,  he  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Jersey 
County  Board  of  Supervisors,  and  was  chairman  of  that 
body  during  the  time  of  the  erecting  of  the  new  court  house, 
and  together  with  other  members  of  the  Board  and  officers  of 
the  county,  took  pleasure  in  devoting  time  and  labor  in  fur- 
nishing to  the  county  the  beautiful  and  convenient  building 
now  an  ornament  to  Jersey ville,  and  a  pride  of  all  citizens, and 
it  is  worthy  of  remark  that  it  was  built  at  the  least  possible 
cost  to  the  tax  payers.  Judge  Cheney  was  a  man  with  many 
friends.  His  acquaintance  outside  of  his  home  city  was  ex- 
tensive, and  a  large  number  of  these  friends,  with  his  family 
and  neighbors,  were  in  attendance  at  his  funeral,  which  oc- 
curred at  his  residence  here  on  July  5,  1900.  The  remains 
were  deposited  in  Oak  Grove  cemetery,  the  burial  place  of  a 
great  number  of  the  departed  from  the  community  in  which 
almost  his  entire  life  was  passed,  "Requiescat  in  pace." 

GILEAD    P.  CHENEY. 

Gilead  Pickett  Cheney  was  born  in  Jerseyville,  then  in 
Greene  county,  111.,  March  24,  1838.  He  was  married  to 
Emily  Caroline  Plowman,  daughter  of  Hon.  Jonathan  and 
Elizabeth  Crull  Plowman,  May  1,  1861,  at  the  residence  of 
her  father  in  Sangamon  county,  111.,  by  Rev.  Wm.  L  Tarbet, 
Mr.  Cheney  removed  from  Jerseyville  to  Sangamon  county 


GILKAD  P.  CHENEY. 


MKS.  (HI  HAD   P.  CHENEY. 


in  1858,  where,  and  in  Virden,  111.,  he  resided  until  1880, 
when  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Denver,  Colorado,  where, 
and  in  the  near  vicinity,  he  and  all  his  family  now  reside. 
There  have  been  born  to  him  four  children,  and  one 
grand-child,  all  of  whom  are  now  living-.  He  is  the  oldest 
native  of  Jersevville,  being1  the  first  child  born  here.  The 
house  in  which  he  was  born  was  built  by  his  father,  Murray 
Cheney,  in  1837,  and  stands  on  Lot  6,  Block  4,  original  town, 
at  the  northeast  corner  of  Lafayette  and  Pine  streets.  The 
town  was  named  Jersey  ville  in  1834,  was  incorporated  in  1837, 
and  included  only  80  acres,  which  extended  from  out-lot  13, 
on  the  north,  to  Carpenter  street  on  the  south,  one-half  mile 
long  from  north  to  south,  by  one-fourth  mile  wide  from  east 

to  west.     Jersey  county  was   cut  off  from   Greene,  formed 
and  organized  in  1839. 

MRS,  G.  P.  CHENKY. 

Emily  Caroline  Plowman,  daughter  of  Hon.  Jonathan 
and  Elizabeth  Crull  Plowman,  was  born  December  14,  1841, 
near  Rosedale,  in  Jersey  county,  111.  She  came  with  her  pa- 
rents to  Jersey  ville  in  1847,  where  she  resided  until  1858, 
when  she  removed  with  her  parents  to  Sang-amon  county, 
111.  She  was  united  in  marriage  with  Gilead  P.  Cheney, 
May  1,  1861,  at  the  residence  of  her  father  in  Sang-amon 
county,  by  Rev.  Wm  L.  Tarbet.  She  lived  in  Sang-amon 
county  and  in  Virden  until  December,  1880,  when  she  re- 
moved with  her  family  to  Denver,  Colorado.  She  has  four 
children,  all  of  whom  are  now  living.  Three  sons,  Charles 
M.,  Henry  E.,  and  Jonathan  P.,  and  one  daughter,  Mary  Car- 
oline, who  wa<  married  to  Edg-ar  N.  Green,  of  Jacksonville, 
111.,  December  4,  1886.  They  have  one  child,  Norma  Car- 
oline, born  July  4, 1890,  in  Denver.  Mrs.  Cheney  united  with 
the  Baptist  church  in  Jerseyville,  and  was  baptized  in  the 
old  church  the  evening'  of  February  10,  1853,  by  Rev.  Jestus 
Bulkley,  the  pastor.  She  still,  with  husband,  maintains  her 
membership,  they  being-  now  members  of  the  first  Baptist 
church  of  Denver,  where,  and  in  the  near  vicinity,  she  and  all 
her  family  now  reside. 


— 15&— 

HON.  JONATHAN  PLOWMAN. 

Hon.  Jonathan  Plowman  was  born  near  Somerset,  Pa., 
February  26,  1818,  and  died  at  Virden,  111.,  Feb.  19,  1900. 

In  the  fall  of  1838,  he  went  to  Ohio,  where  he  taught 
school  for  six  months.  He  then  came  to  Jersey  county  and 
began  teaching1  school  in  March,  1839,  about  six  miles  south 
of  Jerseyville.  He  cast  his  first  vote  here,  which  was  upon 
the  question  of  organizing  Jersey  county. 

In  1849  he  entered  about  1,000  acres  of  land  in  Macou- 
pin  county,  and  in  1858  moved  and  settled  upon  it,  about  four 
and  one-half  miles  west  of  Virden.  He  remained  on  the 
farm  unil  1863,  when  he  removed  to  Virden  and  engaged  in 
the  dry  goods  business  in  partnership  with  Robert  Buckles 
for  about  three  years,  when  the  firm  was  dissolved,  and  he 
entered  into  business  with  his  son-in-law,  G.  P.  Cheney, 
which  firm,  G.  P. -Cheney  &  Co.,  continued  for  a  considerable 
number  of  years.  He  retired  from  active  business  about  30 
years  before  his  death. 

Mr.  Plowman  was  twice  married.  His  first  marriage 
was  to  Elizabeth  Crull,  in  what  is  now  Rosedale  township, 
in  Jersey  county,  March  4,  1841.  She  died  April  28,  1845. 
By  this  marriage  two  children  were  born,  Emily  C.,  now 
Mrs  G.  P.  Cheney,  and  Charles  C.  His  second  marriage 
occurred  Nov.  24,  1846,  when  he  was  united  to  Rachel  Crull, 
a  sister  of  his  former  wife,  and  who  died  June  6,  1895,  in 
Virden.  Eight  children  were  born  of  this  union,  of  whom 
five  are  now  living. 

Mr.  Plowman  removed  from  Rosedale  to  Jerseyville  in 
1847,  He  served  three  terms  as  sheriff  before  moving  to 
Virden,  where  also  two  other  ex-sheriffs  of  Jersey  county 
went  to  live,  Capt.  Murray  Cheney  and  Pompey  Silloway, 
both  of  whom  died  there  several  years  ago.  In  1872,  Mr. 
Plowman  was  elected  as  the  minority  member  of  the  Legis- 
lature from  this  senatorial  district  and  served  until  1874,  in 
the  28th  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Illinois.  He  also 
served  some  time  as  member  of  the  Macoupin  County  Board 


HOX.  JONATHAN  PLOWMAN 


DR.  A.  M.  CHENEY. 


—159— 

of  Supervisors.  In  politics  he  was  an  active  and  enthusiastic 
Republican,  cordially  supporting-  the  principles  and  nom- 
inees of  that  party.  During  the  many  years  of  his  active 
life,  before  the  infirmities  of  age  and  failing1  health  interfer- 
ed, he  was  a  careful  and  painstaking-  student  of  all  the  im- 
portant political  questions  current  in  national  and  local  pol- 
itics, and  few,  if  any,  in  his  community  could  give  as  logical 
reasons  for  political  belief,  or  as  useful  and  helpful  advice  as 
he,  and  not  only  in  politics,  but  in  religion,  law,  and  moral 
and  social  ethics;  also,  he  was  a  profound  thinker,  and  a  com- 
petent and  safe  advisor.  Those  who  were  his  neig-hbors, 
friends  and  associates,  tog-ether  with  his  own  family,  will 
loyally  cherish  his  memory,  as  he  lies  at  rest,  fulfilling-  the 
Divine  law,  "Earth  to  earth,  and  dust  to  dust." 

CAPTAIN  JONATHAN  K.  COOPER. 

Captain  Jonathan  E,  Cooper  was  born  near  New  Castle, 
Henry  county,  Kentucky,  January  5,  1807.  His  father  was 
Jonathan  Cooper,  a  native  of  Maryland,  and  one  of  the  early 
settlers  of  Kentucky,  who,  with  Daniel  Boone,  frequently 
hunted  the  Indians,  He  was  also  a  soldier  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary war. 

He  moved  from  Kentucky  to  Illinois  in  1835,  and  settled 
on  a  farm  four  miles  southwest  of  Jerseyville  where  he  lived 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  Aug-ust,  1845,  at  the  ripe  old 
ag-e  of  89  years.  His  wife  survived  him  nine  years,  dying-  in 
1854.  Captain  Cooper  received  his  education  in  the  schools 
of  his  native  state.  He  remained  at  home  with  his  father 
unil  he  reached  the  ag-e  of  23  years,  when,  in  November,1829, 
after  a  horse-back  trip  of  13  days,  landed  within  the  present 
limits  of  Jersey  county.  He  spent  the  first  winter  here  in 
Illinois,  clerking-  in  the  store  of  his  uncle,  Linsey  N.  Eng-- 
lish,  of  Carrollton,  111.  The  next  year  he  worked  on  a  farm. 
At  the  breaking-out  of  the  Black  Hawk  war  he  enlisted  in  Cap. 
Carlin's  (afterwards  Gov.  Carlin)  company;  was  selected  as 
orderly  serg-eant,  and  served  one  year  under  Capt  Carlin. 


"—"160— 

The  next  year,  1832,  he  served  in  Capt.  Patterson's  compa- 
ny, and  a  portion  of  the  year  was  detailed  as  quartermaster. 
He  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Prairie  du  Chien  and  Missis- 
sippi, and  after  peace  was  declared, received  an  honorable 
discharge.  He  was  commissioned  Captain  of  State  Militia 
by  Gov.  Reynolds  in  1832 

May  19,  1836,  he  was  married  to  Mrs.  Miriam  F.  Turner, 
(nee  French),  daughter  of  Nicholas  and  Anna  French.  She 
was  born  in  Rocking-ham  county,  New  Hampshire,  in  1798. 
She  was  one  of  the  best  women  that  ever  came  to  this  coun- 
try. She  died  in  June,  1873.  They  reared  two  children  to 
manhood  and  womanhood — Rev.  Marshall  M.  Cooper,  a  Pres- 
byterian minister,  and  Miss  Mary  Spangle,  who  married 
Nicholas  Massey,  and  who  died  in  1900,  in  Colorado. 

December  3,  1879,  he  was  married  to  Mrs.  Sarah  John- 
son, who  survived  him  sixteen  weeks,  dying  February  19, 
1896.  Religiously,  Capt.  Cooper  and  wife  were  Baptists 
and  united  with  that  church  at  Kane,  Greene  county,  in  1839. 
They  transferred  their  membership  to  Jerseyville  Baptist 
church  when  it  was  organized,  Sept.  5,  1841,  and  were 
among  its  charter  members  unto  their  death.  At  the  organ- 
ization of  this  church  he  was  ordained  deacon  and  remained 
so  to  his  death. 

Deacon  Cooper  was  a  noble  hearted  man  and  strict  integ- 
rity marked  all  his  dealings.  He  took  great  interest  in 
chronicling  events  of  the  early  history  of  Jersey  county,  and 
was  the  best  historian  in  the  county.  During  his  last  days 
he  became  very  helpless,  losing  his  speech  entirely  for  two 
and  one-half  years,  besides  through  the  disease  of  ''creeping 
paralysis"  he  became  almost  helpless.  During  all  this  time 
he  was  very  patient  and  good  natured.  He  died  Oct.  5,  1895, 
at  the  ripe  age  of  88  years  and  9  months. 

NATHANIKL     MINER, 

Nathaniel  Miner  was  born  near  Old  Grown  Point,  N.  Y., 
Januarv  1,  1801.  He  was  the  fourth  child  of  William  and 


C'apt.  J .  K.  Cooper . 


Nathaniel  Miner. 


William   IMttnian. 


David  E.  Boaly. 


DAVID  G.   WYCKOFJF*. 


*«*» 


Prudence  Miner.  When  he  was  one  year  old  his  parents 
moved  to  Bridgeport,  Vermont,  where  he  made  his  home  un- 
til he  was  33  years  old.  He  received  his  early  education  in 
the  schools  of  Bridgeport. 

In  October,  1832,  he  came  to  the  present  limits  of  Jersey 
county,  and  in  1833  entered  a  quarter  section  of  land  in  sec- 
tion 19,  about  \Yz  miles  west  of  Jerseyville,  where  he 
lived  for  61  years,  until  his  death.  Mr.  Miner  assisted  in 
raising  the  first  frame  building1  in  Jerseyville,  the  present 
site  of  Harry  Hill's  Clothing  and  Furnishing  House.  Aug- 
ust 3,  1834,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Louisa  Jackson,  daugh- 
ter of  Aaron  Jackson,  a  native  of  Vermont.  Mr.  Jackson 
and  family  were  formerly  from  ^ddison  county,  Vermont. 
The  fruits  of  this  union  were  seven  sons:  Edward,  of  Car- 
rollton,  111.;  Charles  E.,  for  a  long  time  clerk  at  the  Commer- 
cial Hotel,  Jerseyville;  Aaron  J.,  farmer  of  Calhoun  county; 
Lorenzo  J.,  who  died  of  a  wound  received  at  the  battle  of 
Murfreesborough,  Tennessee,  who  was  first  lieutenant  of 
Co.  C.,  of  the  61st  Inf.  111.  Vol.;  Darwin  C.;  George  W.,  the 
youngest,  who  still  resides  on  the  old  home  place.  Mrs, 
Miner  died  Aug.  22, 1869. 

In  1872,  Mr.  Miner  was  married  to  Mary  J.  Ingels,  a 
native  of  New  Hampshire.  In  1842,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miner  iden- 
tified themselves  with  the  First  Baptist  church  of  Jersey- 
ville. Mr.  Miner  was  the  first  constable  elected  after  the  or- 
ganization of  Jersey  county.  On  May  22,  1894,  his  second 
wife  died  at  their  home,  \l/2  miles  west  of  Jerseyville.  Mr. 
Miner  was  a  practical  farmer  until  his  death.  He  died  at 
his  country  home  where  he  had  resided  for  61  years,  Decem- 
ber 13,  1894.  Mr.  Miner  was  a  good  man  and  enjoyed  the 
confidence  and  respect  of  all  who  knew  him. 

DAVID  G.  WYCKOFF. 

David  G,  Wyckoff  was  born  in  Blenheim,  Schoharie 
county,  N.  Y.,  May  5,  1812.  When  but  a  boy,  at  the  age  of 
14  years,  he  left  the  parental  home  and  went  to  New  York 


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City,  where  he  learned  the  tailor's  trade.  In  1833,  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Phoebe  Eliza  Bonnell,  a  native  of  New  York 
City,  the  marriage  taking-  place  in  Newark,  N,  J. 

In  1837  he  came  to  Illinois  and  settled  in  Delhi,  Jersey 
county,  where  he  followed  his  trade  until  1840,  at  which 
time  he  came  to  Jerseyville,  where  he  continuously  pursued 
his  trade  as  merchant  tailor  for  9  years,  until  1849.  At  this 
date  he  established  a  general  mercantile  business  by  form- 
ing1 a  partnership  with  John  E.  Rundle,but in!850  he  became 
sole  proprietor  and  so  continued  until  October,  1865,  when 
his  son  Horatio  N.  Wyckoff  became  his  partner,  after  which 
time  the  firm  name  was  known  as  D.  G.  &  H.  N.  Wyckoff. 

They  carried  a  full  line  of  Dry  Goods,  Boots  and  Shoes. 
The  present  building1  erected  in  1871,  is  the  third  erected  on 
the  same  lot  where  he  first  located  in  1843.  Mrs.  Wyckoff 
died  in  1851,  leaving1  six  children,  Catherine  E.,  Horatio  N., 
Mary  A.,  George  E.,  Cornelia  J.,  and  Francis  E.  At  his 
death,  it  was  said,  he  was  the  oldest  merchant  in  the  state  of 
Illlinois.  He  came  to  Jerseyville  when  there  were  but  few 
dwelling's,  and  he  watched  with  interest  the  continued 
growth  of  the  city  for  fifty  years.  He  died  at  his  home  in 
Jerseyville,  surrounded  by  children  and  friends,  Sunday 
morning1,  Nov.  20,  1892. 

HON.  WILLIAM  SHEPHARD. 

Hon.  William  Shephard  was  born  in  Marking-ton,  York- 
shire, England,  August  10,  1816.  He  came  to  this  country 
with  his  father,  Wm.  Shephard,  when  but  16  years  old, 
landing  in  New  York,  June  1832,  and  settling  first  at  Tren- 
ton, N.  J.  His  early  occupation  was  as  a  shoemaker,  but  he 
soon  turned  his  attention  to  canal  and  railroad  enterprises. 
He  first  began  as  a  day  laborer  on  the  Raritan  canal  in  New 
Jersey.  He  soon  became  a  contractor  on  a  limited  scale, 
and  removed  to  Lancaster,  Penn.,  where  he  remained  about 
three  years,  when  he  built  the  tunnel  on  the  Harrisburg  and 
Lancaster  road. 

In  the  spring  of  1838  he   moved  west  and  located  in  St. 


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Louis,  where  he  clerked  in  a  livery  stable  for  a  short  time. 
In  the  fall  of  1838  he  moved  to  Coles  county,  111.,  where  soon 
atter  he  became  a  contractor  under  the  State  Internal  im- 
provement system  on  the  Central  Branch  R.  R.,  now  a  part 
of  the  Big"  Four  system.  His  partners  in  this  enterprise 
were  Richard  Johnson  and  David  Dunsdon,  both  Englishmen 
and  pioneers  of  Jersey  county,  His  next  contract  was  the 
Grafton  Bluff  excavation  preparatory  to  making-  of  it  a 
county  road.  This  was  a  contract  under  the  United  States 
Government. 

In  1840,  Mr.  Shephard  was  married  to  Miss  Anna  Ma- 
ria Gross  of  Dauphin  county,  Penn.  She  was  the  daughter 
of  Adam  and  Elizabeth  Gross.  The  fruits  of  this  union 
were  nine  children,  five  of  whom  are  now  living-.  Wm,  V., 
the  oldest  son,  died  Feb.  15,  1875,  in  the  31st  year  of  his  ag-e. 
The  third  son,  Francis  B.,  died  in  St.  Louis  while  attending 
law  school,  April  28,  1876,  in  the  24th  year  of  his  age,  He 
was  a  graduate  of  Notre  Dame  University,  Ind.,  and  also  a 
graduate  of  the  Polytechic  Institute,  Troy,  N.  Y.,  and  was 
a  young  man  of  much  promise. 

Mr,  Shephard  in  1847  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business 
in  Grafton  where  he  continued  until  1852,  when  he  took  a 
contract  in  connection  with  the  building  of  the  Missouri- 
Pacific  R.  R.  He  was  an  original  incorpoartor,  and  was  for 
many  years  President  of  the  Jacksonville,  St.  Louis  &  Chi- 
cago R.  R.,  and  built  the  Louisiana  Branch  of  that  road,  and 
also  an  extension  of  that  road  from  Dwight  to  Streator.  Mr. 
Shephard  was  elected  State  Senator  from  the  district  com- 
posed of  the  counties  of  Greene,  Pike,  Scott,  Calhoun  and 
Jersey,  in  1866,  by  the  Democratic  party,  and  was  re-elected 
in  1870,  but  resigned  in  1871. 

In  1866,  he  established  a  private  banking  house  in  Jer- 
seyville,  111.,  which  he  conducted  successfully  nine  years, 
when  he  sold  out  in  June  1875.  In  1871  he  took  large  con- 
tracts of  R.  R.  building  in  Texas,  in  company  with  Col.  J.  A, 
Henry,  of  Joliet,  and  J.  .1.  Mitchell,  of  St.  Louis,  where  they 


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built  300  miles  of  the  Houston  &  Great  Northern  R.  R..  It  is 
due  him  lor  the  writer  to  say,  who  has  known  Mr.  Shephard 
since  he  first  came  to  Illinois,  he  was  a  gentleman  of  rare  in- 
tellectual endowments,  sound  judgment,  honest  convictions 
of  right  and  wrong-,  having-  the  confidence  of  all  who  knew 
him  best,  which  made  him  an  eminently  successful  busin- 
ess man.  He  resided  in  Jerseyville  for  36  years. 

He  was  always  a  devoted  member  of  the  Catholic  church 
and  the  first  Catholic  service  ever  held  in  Jersey  county  was 
held  in  his  house.  He  amassed  a  fortune  of  $300,000.  He 
died  at  his  home  in  Jerseyville,  111.,  surrounded  by  wife, 
children  and  friends,  August  12,  1875.  Mrs.  Shephard  also 
died  at  the  same  home  March  IK,  1890,  surrounded  by 
children,  grand-children,  and  a  host  of  sympathizing-  friends. 

HON.    GEORGE  K.    WAKKKN. 

Hon.  George  E.  Warren  was  born  at  Worth  ing-ton, 
Franklin  county,  Ohio,  Aug.  16,  1817.  His  father  was  Dr. 
Thomas  Warren,  who  was  a  physician  by  profession,  a  na- 
tive of  New  Hampshire,  and  lineally  descended  from  the 
Puritans,  His  grand-father,  Mr.  De  Wolfe,  was  the  owner 
of  the  noted  privateer  "Yankee"  that  figured  largely  in  the 
war  of  1812.  Mr.  Warren's  mother  died  in  Bristol,  R.  L,  in 
1829,  while  his  father  died  at  the  home  of  his  son,  George  E. 
Warren,  near  Jerseyville,  in  1853. 

In  1835,  Dr.  Warren  with  his  three  children,  a  daughter, 
Mary  A.,  and  two  sons,  came  west  and  settled  in  Alton,  111. 
He  entered  considerable  land  within  the  limits  of  Jersey 
county.  Mr.  Warren  had  very  good  early  advantages  for  an 
education.  At  the  early  age  of  14  years  he  entered  Brown 
University,  at  Providence,  R  I.,  where  he  remained  four 
years,  taking  a  classical  course  up  to  the  middle  of  his  sen- 
ior year.  After  his  removal  with  his  father  to  Illinois,  he  be- 
gan the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Judge  Woodson  &  Hodges 
of  Carrollton,  111.  While  he  was  thus  studying  law,  he  re- 
ceived much  insight  into  the  execution  of  law,  by  assisting 
M.  O,  Bledsoe,  clerk  of  both  circuit  and  countv  commission- 


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ers'  courts.  This  very  close  application  somewhat  impair- 
ed his  health,  that  in  the  spring1  of  1837  he  visited  his  former 
home  and  friends  in  Rhode  Island  for  rest  and  recuperation. 

On  August  16,  1837,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Harriette 
S.  Allen,  daughter  of  S.  S.  Allen,  collector  of  the  port  of 
Bristol.  He  returned  west  with  his  wife  and  settled  at  Al- 
ton in  the  spring-  of  1838.  He  passed  his  examinations  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  to  practice  in  all  the  courts,  in  1839. 
In  1840,  he  moved  with  his  family  to  a  large  farm  near  Jer- 
seyville,  purchased  by  his  father,  with  money  left  him  by 
his  grand-father,  De  Wolfe.  In  1841  he  was  elected  Justice 
and  held  that  office  continuously  until  1849,  when  he  was 
elected  county  Judge  as  the  Whig  candidate,  which  office  he 
held  until  1857, 

In  January,  1862,  he  opened  a  law  office  in  partnership 
with  his  son-in-law,  Hon.  W,  H.  Pogue,  and  was  appointed 
United  States  commissionerDec.  12, 1866,  under  Johnson's'  ad- 
ministration. During  the  war  of  the  rebellion  Judge  War- 
ren was  a  firm  and  loyal  supporter  of  the  union  cause.  Few 
men  in  Jersey  county  exerted  a  more  salutary  influence  for 
loyalty  over  the  people  of  Jersey  county,  than  did  Judge 
Warren.  In  1863,  he  received  the  appointment  of  enrolling 
officer. 

At  the  early  age  of  16  years  he  united  with  the  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  church,  but  upon  coming  to  Jersey ville, 
there  being  no  church  of  that  denomination,  he  united  with 
the  Presbyterian  church  in  1852.  On  January  4,  1866, he  was 
ordained  elder,  which  sacred  office  he  held  to  the  day  of  his 
death,  Judge  Warren  was  greatly  blessed  with  an  intelli- 
gent and  devoted  wife,  and  the  fruits  of  their  union  were 
nine  children:  Martha  D,  W.,  who  became  the  wife  of  Dr. 
Geo.  D.  Miles;  Mary  A.,  who  became  the  wife  of  Judge  Wm. 
H.  Pogue;  George  E.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  four  years; 
Harrette  S.,  who  became  the  wife  of  Henry  C,  Lovell,  who 
was  clerk  in  the  United  States  Treasury  Department  at 
Washington,  D.  C.;  Charles  D.,  a  farmer;  Mark  A.,  of  the 


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firm  of  M,  A.  Warren  &  Co.;  George  E,,  President  of  the 
Warren-Wiseman  Dry  Goods  Co.,  of  Jerseyville;  Anna,  the 
wife  of  Robert  S.  Powel,  a  prominent  farmer;  and  Frank, 
yet  single 

Judge  Warren  was  elected  to  the  31st  General  Assembly 
which  convened  January  8,  1879,  and  served  two  years. 
He  was  elected  Mayor  of  the  city  of  Jerseyville  in  1875,  and 
served  one  term  of  one  year.  Judge  Warren  was  three 
times  elected  by  Alton  Presbytery  a  commissioner  to  the 
General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  the  United 
States,  in  1883,  at  Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  and  in  1888  at  Philadel- 
phia, Penn.  He  died  at  his  home,  with  wife  and  children, 
in  the  midst  of  friends  and  acquaintances,  after  a  long  and 
useful  life,  an  ornament  to  society,  a  blessing  to  the  world, 
andaglory  to  the  church  of  JesusChrist.  He  fell  like  a  shock 
of  corn  fully  ripe,  at  the  ripe  old  age  of  74  years,  4  months 
and  7  days. 

HUGH    N.     CROSS, 

Hugh  N.  Cross  was  born  in  Somerset  county,  N.  J., 
Dec.  9,  1817,  His  father's  name  was  John  L.  Cross  and  him- 
self and  wife  were  of  Scotch-Irish  extraction. 

At  the  age  6f  18  years  he  came  with  his  parents  to  Jer- 
sey county,  111.,  and  settled  on  a  farm  three  miles  southesst 
of  Jerseyville,  now  occupied  by  Martin  L.  Beatty,  his  father 
being  70  years  old  at  this  time.  In  1850,  at  the  advanced  age 
of  82  years,  his  father  died,  his  wife's  death  occurring  in 
1848,  some  two  years  previous.  They  both  died  at  the  above 
country  home. 

H.  N.  Cross  received  his  early  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  his  state,  obtaining  a  good  education  for  one  in 
those  times. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Antoinette  Van  Home,  daught- 
er of  Col,  Elijah  and  Polly  (Wyckoff ),  Van  Home,  who  were 
natives  of  New  York,  though  among  the  early  pioneers  of 
this  county,  coming  here  in  1833.  Mrs.  Cross  was  born  in 
Schoharie  county,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  25,  1823.  The  fruits  of  this 


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union  were  five  children:  Andrew  Wilson,  Mary  N.,  the  de- 
ceased wife  of  Maj.  Walter  E.  Carlin,  who  died  March  30, 
1880,  at  the  age  of  32  years;  Helen,  deceased,  Edward  and 
Leslie. 

Mr.  Cross  began  life  by  no  means  a  rich  man,  but  by 
wisely  planning"  and  vigorously  executing-  those  plans,  he  be- 
came one  of  the  wealthiest  farmers  in  Jersey  county.  In 
1866  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Geo.  R.  Swallow,  and 
opened  an  extensive  banking  house  on  South  Main  street, 
Jerseyville,  111,  In  1872  this  firm  was  dissolved  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  H.  N.  Cross,  A.  W.  Cross,  and  W.  E.  Carlin,  un- 
der the  firm  name  of  Cross,  Carlin  &  Co. 

HON.  DAVID  E.     BEATY. 

Hon.  David  E.  Beaty  was  born  in  Butler  county,  Ohio, 
February  4,  1812.  He  was  the  oldest  child  of  Nenian  and 
Jane  Beaty,  who  were  farmers,  the  former  dying  in  1838,  his 
wife  surving  him  19  years,  until  1857.  Mr.  Beaty  chose  the 
occupation  of  his  father  for  his  own,  and  spent  his  life  on  a 
farm.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  his  county,  which  were  somewhat  limited, 
but  having  a  thirst  for  knowledge  and  by  patient  and  constant 
study,  acquired  an  education  which  prepared  him  for  many 
useful  positions  which  he  creditably  filled  in  after  years. 

February  5,  1833,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Anna  Elizabeth 
Ross,  daughter  of  Amos  and  Lydia  Ross,  of  Butler  county, 
Ohio.  Of  this  union  there  were  born  six  children,  three  of 
whom  survive,  namely  Nenian  C.,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Amos, 
now  living  in  Dakota;  and  Mrs.  Kate  Burriss,  of  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Shortly  after  his  marriage  he  moved  to  Fayette  county,  Ind., 
where  he  bought  a  farm,  and  two  of  his  children  were  born 
there.  In  1839  he  sold  this  farm  and  returned  to  his  native 
county  and  bought  another  farm.  Here  he  lived  until  Janu- 
ary, 1859,  when  he  again  sold  out  and  removed  to  Jersey 
county,  111.,  and  purchsed  the  farm,  known  as  the  Mound 
Farm,  three  miles  southwest  of  Jerseyville,  where  he  spent 
the  remainder  of  his  life  with  the  exception  of  about  a  year 


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he  lived  in  Jersey  ville.  Mrs.  Beaty  died  Jan.  9,  1868,  and  her 
death  cast  a  gloom  over  the  hitherto  peaceful  and  happy 
home. 

On  July  5,  1870,  Mr.  Beaty  again  married,  his  second 
wife  being-  Miss  Harriet  M.  Henderson,  a  native  of  New 
Hampshire.  By  this  union  one  son  was  born,  David  E. 
Beaty,  jr.,  who  still  lives  with  his  mother  in  Jerseyville. 

Mr.  Beaty  was  active  in  furthering  every  movement 
which  he  calculated  would  advance  the  interests  of  the  far- 
mer, as  well  as  that  of  the  workingman,  and  of  the  com- 
munity in  which  he  lived.  The  most  prominent  of  these  was 
the  "Jersey  County  Fair  Association,"  established  in  1868, 
of  which  he  was  the  first  president.  As  a  brave  and  loyal 
citizen,  Mr.  Beaty  stood  in  the  front  ranks.  During  the  war, 
when  life  and  property  were  in  constant  danger,  Mr.  Beaty 
was  one  of  six  men  whom  the  loyal  people  of  Jerseyville  chose, 
and  formed  them  into  a  "Committe  of  Protection,"  and  were 
successful  in  arresting  and  bringing  to  justice  some  of  the 
most  desperate  murderers  of  those  troublesome  and  danger- 
ous times.  Thus  Mr.  Beaty  not  only  placed  himself  in  the 
way  of  the  assassin's  bullet,  but  he  placed  upon  the  altar  of 
his  country  his  eldest  son,  Nenian  C.  Beaty,  who  enlisted  in 
the  24  Reg.,  111.  Vol.  Inf.,  and  his  son-in-law,  David  C.  Beck- 
ette,  who  was  killed  while  charging  the  enemy  at  Kenesaw 
Mountain,  his  second  son,  Amos,  went  as  a  substitute.  Had 
Mr.  Beatv  been  a  young  man,  he  would  undoubtedly 
have  been  a  commander  in  the  front  ranks. 

In  the  fall  of  1872  he  was  nominated  for  State  Senator  as 
the  candidate  of  the  Republican  party,  and  in  1874  for  Con- 
gress. 

For  ten  years  he  was  president  of  the  State  Board  of  Ag- 
riculture, and  for  seventeen  years,  until  1894,  was  president 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Jacksonville  Insane  Asylum. 

Thus  in  times  of  peace,  as  well  as  in  war,  he  was  a  leader 
of  the  people  and  of  his  party.  He  was  naturally  a  good  or- 
ator, and  forcible  speaker,  which  commanded  attention  and 
respect  from  all  who  heard  him. 


MRS.     MARY    D  ARCY. 


MI'S.  MUKRAY  CHENEY. 


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As  a  business  man,  Mr.  Beaty  had  many  qualifications 
which  demanded  our  admiration.  Whatever  he  undertook 
he  executed  with  determination  and  energy,  yet  at  the  same 
time  he  was  guided  by  that  prudence  and  principle  of  right 
which  reflect  great  credit  on  his  acts. 

His  heart  was  ever  moved  by  warm  and  generous  impul- 
ses and  by  such  conduct  he  won  the  respect  of  his  fellow 
citizens.  The  best  of  all,  Mr.  Beaty  was  a  Christian  man, 
and  was-a  leader  in  the  church  also,  of  which  he  was  a  mem- 
ber. On  April  3d,  1859  he  was  elected  Ruling-  Elder  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  of  Jersey ville.  He  remained  in  the  of- 
fice fifty  years,  almost  to  the  close  of  his  life. 

On  Thursday,  August  9th,  1894,  about  11  o'clock,  P.-M,, 
at  his  home  ,  surrounded  by  wife,  children,  and  friends,  he 
crossed  over  into  the  regions  beyond. 

"He  rests  from  his  labors,  but  his  works  follow   him." 
MKS.  MARY  D'AKCY. 

Mary  McEowen  was  born  in  New  Jersey  in  1803.  She 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Dr.  Edward  A.  D'Arcy  in  1821, 
and  came  with  him  to  Jersey  county  in  1833.  Her  children 
were  Ann  Caroline,  who  was  married  to  Hon,  F.  H,  Teese, 
of  N.  J.,  and  Catherine  M.,  who  became  the  wife  of  Prentiss 
D.  Cheney,  of  Jerseyville.  Mrs.  D'Arcy  resided  with  her 
family  here  until  the  death  of  her  husband  in  1863,  after 
which  she  lived  mostly  in  New  Jersey  until  her  death,  which 
occurred  in  1887.  She  was  a  member  of  the  1st  Presby- 
terian church  in  Jerseyville  from  its  organization  until  her 
death.  A  noble  Christian  woman,  patient,  charitable  and 
kind.  She  lived  such  a  life  as  to  command  the  respect,  con- 
fidence and  love  of  all  who  knew  her  during  her  long  resi- 
dence in  Jerseyville. 

MKS.    P.    D.    CHICXKY. 

Catherine  McEowen  D'Arcy  was  born  in  October,  1838, 
upon  her  father's  farm  3  miles  south  of  Jerseyville.  She 
died  April  23d,  1877,  in  Jacksonville,  Florida.  She  became 
the  wife  of  P.  D.  Chenev,  the  marriage  being  in  Jerseyville, 


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July  6th,  1859.  Four  children  were  born  to  them.  Three 
of  the  number  died  in  infancy.  The  son,  Dr.  A.  M.  Cheney, 
still  survives.  Almost  the  entire  life  of  Mrs.  Cheney  was 
passed  in  Jerseyville,  where  she  was  known  and  beloved  by 
all.  She  united  with  the  Presbyterian  church  early  in  life, 
and  was  always  found  zealously  engaged  in  church  and 
Sabbath  school  work.  The  summons  came  early  but,  "sus- 
tained by  an  unfaltering-  trust,"  she  calmly,  answered  the 
call,  committing  her  spirit  into  the  hands  of  Him  in  whom 
she  trusted. 

DR,    A.    M,    CHENEY. 

Alexander  M.  Cheney  was  born  Sept,  18th,  1868,  in 
Mendham,  New  Jersey.  He  is  the  son  and  only  surviving 
child  of  Prentiss  D.  and  Catherine  M.  Cheney.  Dr.  Cheney 
entered  upon  the  study  of  medicine  and  surgery,  at  an  early 
age  and  entered  his  profession  well  equipped  with  knowledge 
of  its  requirements.  He  resides  in  Jerseyville,  where,  like 
his  parents  and  grandparents,  he  intends  to  live, 

JAMES    ARCHIBALD    LOCKE. 

James  A.  Locke  was  born  in  Carrollton,  Greene  county, 
111.,  June  26,  1838.  He  was  the  third  son  of  David  and  Caro- 
line Matilda,  (Burford)  Locke  who  soon  after  the  birth  of 
James,  moved  to  Lexington,  Lafayette  county,  Missouri. 

He  grew  from  childhood  to  manhood  in  Lexington,  Mo., 
receiving  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Lex- 
ington, graduating  at  the  Masonic  college  of  that  city. 

His  father  being  a  large  contractor  and  builder,  James 
A,  first  learned  the  mason  trade  with  his  father,  when  a 
mere  boy. 

About  1860  he  became  editor  of  the  "Missouri  Exposi- 
tor, published  at  Lexington,  Mo.  His  paper  was  Democratic 
and  supported  S.  A.  Douglass  for  the  Presidency  in  1860. 

Mr.  Locke  through  his  paper  took  an  active  part  in  se- 
cessional  politics,  advocating  the  doctrines  of  secession. 

He  attached  himself  to  Genl.  Shelby's  brigade,  and  was 


MURRAY CHKXKY. 


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assigned  to  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  where  he  was 
captured  in  1862,  with  a  train  of  supplies. 

He  was  taken  back  to  Lexington  as  a  prisoner  of  war, 
and  was  paroled,  and  sent  to  .lerseyville,  111.,  there  to  remain 
until  exchanged,  or  further  orders  of  the  Federal  Govern- 
ment, In  1863  he  went  to  the  Pacific  coast,  and  edited  the 
"Reese  River  Review,"  published  at  Austin,  Nevada.  In 
1864  he  returned  east,  but  shortly  went  south  and  located  in 
Memphis,  Tenn.,  where  his  health  failed  him,  and  he  re- 
turned to  Jerseyville,  111. 

Mr.  Locke  was  war  correspondent  of  the  "St.  Louis  Re- 
public," and  so  remained  to  his  death. 

He  was  also  manager  of  the  "Life  Association  of  Amer- 
ica" for  Southern  Illinois. 

In  1872  James  A,  and  Morris  R.  Locke,  his  brother, 
formed  in  Jerseyville,  111,,  a  partnership  in  Law,  Real  Es- 
tate and  Insurance,  and  conducted  a  successful  business  for 
eight  years.  Mr-  Locke  was  connected  with  almost  every 
movement  for  the  improvement  and  building  up  of  Jersey- 
ville, such  as  the  Jersevville  Elevator  company,  The  First 
National  Bank,  the  St.  Louis,  Jerseyville  and  Springfield 
railroad,  of  which  he  was  President  when  he  died;  wras  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  at  Jersevville  and  Car- 
rollton,  and  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  Jerseyville. 
On  Nov.  17,  1867,  Mr,  Locke  was  married  to  Miss  Anna  M. 
Wharton,  ceremony  celebrated  at  the  Centenary  M.  K. 
Church,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

The  fruits  of  this  union  were  four  children,  George, 
David  and  Mrs.  Edith  A.  Slaten,  both  residents  of  Jersey- 
ville.  The  other  two  died  in  infancy-  During  the  construc- 
tion of  the  railroad  of  which  he  was  president,  he  died  sud- 
denly, largely  the  result  of  exposure  and  overwork,  August 
1st,  1881,  at  the  age  of  43  years. 

In  his  death,  Jerseyville  lost  one  of  her  best,  and  most 
enterprisingcitizens,  the  Masonic  order  a  loyal  member  and 


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the  church  with  which  he  was  connected,  a  liberal   and  de- 
voted member. 

ROBERT    NKWTON. 

Was  born  in  Manchester,  England,  May  25,  1836.  He 
came  with  his  parents  to  the  United  States  in  1840. 

They  first  settled  in  New  Hampshire  for  a  short  time, 
afterwards  removed  to  Providence,  R.  I.,  where  young"  Rob- 
ert served  his  apprenticeship  for  a  machinist  and  engineer. 

He  remained  in  Providence  until  in  1857,  when  he  came 
west,  stopping-  first  in  St.  Louis  for  only  a  short  time,  when 
he  came  to  Illinois. 

He  landed  in  Jerseyville  January  1st,  1858,  at  the  age  of 
22  years,  immediately  entered  the  employ  of  George  Whar- 
ton  as  general  manager,  in  the  manufacture  of  farm  ma- 
chinery. 

In  1863,  in  partnership  with  H,  O.  Goodrich,  he  estab- 
lished JerseyvilleAgricultural  Works,  In  December  1865  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  Cory,  daughter  of  Joel,  and 
Sarah  (Cross)  Cory,  of  Jersey  county. 

The  fruits  of  this  union  were  five  children,  Albert,  Ma- 
mie, Florence,  Walter  (deceased)  and  Cornelia. 

Mr.  Newton's  second  marriage  was  to  Miss  Flora  Keith, 
March  10th,  1891.  The  fruits  of  this  union  were  two  child- 
ren, Ruth  (deceased)  and  R.  Keith  Newton. 

Mr.  Newton  is,  and  has  always  been,  a  public  spirited 
citizen,  and  always  lent  a  helping  hand  to  every  noble  enter- 
prise. 

He  was  President  of  the  Board  of  Education  for  nine 
years  continuously. 

Elected  treasurer  of  Jersey  county  in  1884,  and  served 
one  term  of  four  years. 

He  is  also  a  Royal  Arch  Mason. 

He  was  elected  and  ordained  Deacon  of  the  Baptist 
church  of  Jerseyville,  111. 

He  has  been  an  active  business  man  in  Jerseyville  for 
43  years,  and  now  at  the  age  of  65  years,  still  remains  in  ac- 
tive business. 


COL.  GEO.  R.  SWALLOW. 


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COL.    GICOKGK    K.    .SWALLOW. 

Was  born  in  Greene  county,  111.,  Aug.  21,  1839.  His 
parents,  Ransom  and  Sophia  Swallow,  were  natives  of  Ver- 
mont. They  were  of  Scotch  and  German  extraction. 

Col.  Swallow's  father  settled  in  Greene  county,  111-,  in 
1S27,  and  became  soon  after,  engaged  in  the  merchan- 
dise and  milling  business.  His  father  .died  in  Manchester, 
111.,  in  1844,  and  his  mother  in  1893. 

Col.  Swallow  received  his  early  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  Manchester,  111.,  and  when  only  fourteen  years  of 
age  he  set  out  to  do  for  himself,  with  the  small  fortune  of 
$10.00  inhis  pocket.  He  first  began  to  clerk  in  Mr.  Samuel 
Simms'  drug  store  in  Winchester,  Scott  county,  111.,  remain- 
ing there  about  14  months,  next  went  to  Alton,  111.,  clerk- 
ing in  the  Post  Office.  After  clerking  hereabout  6  months 
he  went  to  Jersey  ville. 

In  the  fall  of  1860,  he  went  to  Centralia,  111.,  and  in 
March  1861,  moved  to  Vincennes,  Ind.  In  Aug.  1861,  he  en- 
listed as  a  private  in  the  7th  Reg.  Ind.  Inft.  In  Nov.  1861, 
he  was  promoted  to  the  first  Lieutenancy.  For  bravery, 
and  meretorious  services  at  the  battle  of  Shiloh,  he  was 
commissioned  as  captain  of  a  battery,  by  Gov.  Morton  in  per- 
person. 

He  continued  to  hold  command  of  that  battery  until 
Sherman's  march  to  Atlanta,  and  was  then  promoted 
to  Major  of  the  10th  Indiana  Cavalry.  He  was  wounded  in 
the  battle  of  Nashville,  and  sent  to  his  home  in  Illinois,  but 
the  wound  not  proving  mortal,  he  was  soon  promoted  to 
Lieut,  Col.,  and  for  further  meritorious  bravery,  he  was 
promoted  to  the  rank  of  Colonel.  He  participated  in  many 
hard  fought  and  bloody  battles,  prominent  among  which 
were  Murfreesboro,  Chickamauga,  Lookout  Mountain,  Mis- 
sion Ridge  and  Nashville,  Tenn.,  with  numerous  other  skir- 
mishes. He  remained  in  the  service  until  Sept.  5,  1865, 
when  he  was  honorably  discharged.  His  war  record  is 
good,  and  reflects  great  credit  on  him. 


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In  Oct.,  1866  he  was  married  to  Miss  Hannah  V.  Davis, 
daughter  of  Abijah  and  Eliza  A.  Davis,  of  Jerseyville,  111. 

In  1866,  Col.  Swallow  formed  a  partnership  with  Hugh 
N.  Cross,  and  established  a  banking-  house  under  the  firm 
name  of  Cross  &  Swallow.  They  bought  out  the  banking 
house  of  D'Arcy  &  Cheney.  They  continued  here  until  1872, 
when  Mr.  Swallow  retired  from  the  firm,  selling  his  interest 
to  Walter  E,  Carlin  and  A.  W.  Cross. 

In  1873,  he  went  to  Trinidad,  Col.,  where,  in  connection 
with  John  W.  Terry,  organized  a  private  bank,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Swallow  &  Terry. 

In  the  year  1875  organized  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Trinidad,  Col.,  being  its  first  cashier  and  afterwards  its 
president. 

In  November,  1884,  was  elected  treasurer  of  the  State  of 
Colorado,  and  removed  to  Denver,  where  he  has  since  re- 
sided, with  the  exception  of  three  years  spent  in  foreign 
travel. 

He  is  now  President  of  the  Denver  Savings  Bank,  Den- 
ver, Colo, 

MARCUS    E.    BAGLEY. 

Marcus  E.  Bagley  was  born  in  Greene  county,  N,  Y., 
Aug.  18,  1828.  He  was  the  eldest  child  of  six  children,  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  Bagley.  They  were  of  Scotch-Irish  and 
German  extraction. 

Mr.  Bagley  received  his  early  education  in  the  common 
schools  ot  his  native  county,  attaining  a  good  education  for 
one  of  those  times.  In  the  fall  of  1850  he  came  to  Jersey- 
ville, 111.,  where  he  soon  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business 
with  A.  W.  Howe,  under  the  firm  name  of  Howe  &  Bagley. 
He  continued  in  this  line  of  business  until  1859.  On  the 
16th  of  February,  1860,  he  was  married  to  Mrs.  Hattie  M. 
Harriman,  of  Holyoke,  Massachusetts. 

Three  children  were  the  fruits  of  this  union,  all  de- 
ceased. 

He  was  elected  to  the  office   of   circuit   clerk   of  Jersey 


GEORGE  W.  WHAKTON, 


JAMES  A.  LOCKE. 


DAVID  H.  AMES  Uigetl  100  years.)  j.  SCOTT  HOLMES. 


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county,  and  held  the  office  continuously  for  20  years,  until 
1880,  No  other  man  ever  held  an  office  so  long"  in  Jersey 
county.  This  shows  the  confidence  the  people  of  Jersey 
county  had  in  his  integrity  and  ability. 

In  1865  he  was  appointed  Master-in-Chancery,  and  held 
that  office  for  several  terms. 

He  was  elected  the  first  Mayor  of  Jersey  ville  in  1867. 

LUDOVIC    LAURENT. 

Born  in  the  city  of  Nancy,  France,  Oct.  31st,  1841. 

Came  to  America,  landing-  in  New  York,  March,  1861, 
and  reached  Jerseyville,  April  20,  1861.  Received  his  early 
education  in  public  schools  of  Nancy,  France. 

Entered  the  college  of  "LaMalgrang-e,"  near  Nancy,  at 
the  age  of  15  years,  and  remained  there  pursuing1  his  stud- 
ies for  about  two  years. 

Leaving  college,  he  entered  a  wholesale  dry  goods  house 
at  Nancy,  and  remained  with  the  house  until  he  departed  to 
America.  Mr.  Laurent  clerked  in  the  dry  goods  store  of 
Fred  Bertman,  and  the  grocery  store  of  John  E.  VanPelt, 
until  in  1865,  he  begfan  to  assist  M.  E.  Bagley,  who  was  then 
circuit  clerk.  He  continued  to  assist  in  times  when  Mr. 
Bagley  was  overworked,  until  he  was  employed  by  Mr.  Bag- 
ley  for  all  his  time,  until  in  1875,  when  he  accepted  the  posi- 
tion as  book-keeper  in  the  banking-  house  of  Cross,  Carlin  & 
Co.,  afterwards,  The  First  National  Bank.  Here  he  re- 
mained until  Dec.  7,  1880,  when  he  became  deputy  circuit 
clerk  under  J.  I.  McGready  who  had  just  been  elected  to 
that  office.  Here  he  remained  for  12  years  until  the  fall  of 
1892,  when  he  was  elected  to  that  office,  and  is  the  present 
incumbent.  His  deputy  is  his  oldest  son  Fred  J.,  who  has 
been  with  his  father  from  the  first  of  his  election  in  1892  to 
the  present,  1901. 

Was  married  to  Miss  Emma  Wagner  in  Jerseyville,  111., 
Oct.  13,  1874. 

The  fruits  of  this  union  are    twelve    children,     nine    of 


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which  survive:     Fred  J.,  Rosalie,  Julia  M,,   Emma,  Charles, 
Nellie  E.,  Anna,  Ludwig  F.,  Pauline. 

JOHN    C.    MCGKATH. 

Born  near  Janesville,  Wisconsin,  March  10th,  1861. 

Parents  are  natives  of  County  Tipperary,  Ireland. 
Came  to  Jerseyville,  111.,  with  his  parents  in  1867,  Educa- 
tion received  in  public  and  High  School  of  Jei-seyville,  111. 

Religion,  Catholic.     Politics,  Democrat. 

Was  married  March  8,  1886,  to  Miss  Mary  Grace,  of 
Jerseyville,  111.  Have  two  children,  Francis  Xavier,  and 
Florence  Ligouri. 

Engaged  in  different  business  occupations  up  to  1893, 
and  was  always  considered  an  honorable  and  straight-for- 
ward business  man. 

In  an  election  held  by  the  Democracy  Oct.  21,  1893,  for 
Postmaster,  he  received  the  party  endorsement,  and  was 
appointed  by  President  Cleveland  January  12,  1894,  and 
served  until  March  1,  1898. 

Was  a  candidate,  and  received  the  nomination  for  county 
clerk,  April,  1898,  and  was  elected  Nov.  4,  1898  and  is  the 
present  incumbent. 

KICHAKD    KIKLY. 

Was  born  March  8,  1854,  at  Dover  Plains,  Dutches 
county,  New  York. 

His  parents  came  to  America  from  Ireland  in  the  year 
1852,  and  in  1853,  settled  near  Monticello  Seminary,  Godfrey, 
111.,  until  1860  when  they  removed  to  Jersey  Co.,  111. 

Received  his  early  education  in  the  common  schools  of 
his  county,  and  public  schools  of  Brighton. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Catherine  Dolan,  May  4,  1880. 

From  this  union  were  born  six  children,  two  of  whom 
survive:  William  P.,  and  Francis  M.,  Kiely.  Mrs.  Kiely 
died  June  14,  1892.  His  second  marriage  occurred  Aug.  14, 
1896,  to  Mrs.  Mary  Shortal,  (nee  Sanderhans)  by  which  un- 
ion were  born  two  children,  T.  Helen,  and  Ricard  Earl, 
Kielv. 


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GEORGE  \V.   WAKlv 


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He  began  teaching-  in  the  fall  of  1876,  and  followed  that 
profession  in  the  public  schools  of  Jersey  county,  until  he 
was  elected  County  Superintendent  of  public  schools  in  1890. 

He  was  the  first  to  introduce  the  practice  of  granting 
diplomas  to  all  scholars  who  had  completed  all  the  common 
school  branches,  their  diplomas  admitting1  them  to  enter  Jer- 
seyville  High  School  without  examination.  That  practice 
is  continued  to  present  time. 

He  was  elected  to  the  office  of  County  Treasurer  at  the 
fail  election  of  1898,  and  is  the  present -incumbent. 

He  is  also  custodian  of  county  funds,  and  ex-officio 
county  collector  and  supervisor  of  assessments. 

His  assistant  Treasurer  is  Mrs  Nellie  Cope,  his  pres- 
ent wife's  sister,  through  whose  assistance  the  duties  of  the 
office  are  performed  in  a  satisfactory  manner. 

WALTER    HANSELL. 

Born  in  Jersey  ville,  111.,  Nov.  22,  1869.  Eldest  son  of 
Lloyd  and  Hannah  (Seward)  Hansell.  Received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  Jerseyville,  graduating 
from  the  Hig-h  School,  of  the  class  of  1890. 

He  was  appointed  in  March,  1900,  to  fill  out  the  unex- 
pired  term  of  Albert  W,  Newton,  who  resigned.  He  was 
elected  to  the  office  of  county  surveyor  at  the  November 
election  in  1900,  and  is  the  present  incumbent. 

GEORGE    W.    WAKK. 

George  W.  Ware  was  born  in  estminster,  Worcester 
county,  Mass.,  June  30,  1836.  Received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  town,  and  is  a  graduate  of  the 
High  School  there.  He  completed  his  literary  education  in 
the  Leicester  Academy  in  1854.  He  immediately  began  his 
business  career  with  an  uncle,  clerking  for  him  in  a  large 
paper  factory,  Post  Office  and  other  departments  of  busi- 
ness. In  1856  he  landed  in  Jerseyville,  and  in  1857,  he  form- 
ed a  partnership  with  Dr.  J.  L.  White,  in  the  drug  business. 

In  1859  he  purchased  Dr.   White's    interest,    and    he    be- 


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came  sole  proprietor.  He  continued  in  this  business  for 
30  years,  when  he  sold  his  stock  to  G.  R.  Smith  &  Co. 

In  1887,  in  connection  with  S.  H,  Bowman,  purchased 
the  banking"  business  of  Wm,  Shephard  &  Son  and  contin- 
ued the  banking-  business  under  the  firm  name  of  Bowman 
&  Ware,  until  August,  1890,  it  merged  into  the  State  Bank, 
with  S.  H.  Bowman  as  president. 

In  March  1891,  Mr.  Ware  fitted  up  and  sold  his  drug- 
store to  the  W.  S.  Pittman  Drug-  Company.  In  September, 
1900,  he  purchased  the  W.  S.  Pittman  Drug-  Company's 
stock,  and  at  present  is  engaged  in  the  drug-  business  on 
south  State  street,  under  the  firm  name  of  Georg-e  W.  Ware 
&  Son. 

His  first  marriage  was  to  Theodosia  M.  Beardslee,  May 
30,  1859.  The  fruits  of  this  union  are  three  children,  Delia 
P.,  wife  of  Charles  W.  Keith,  of  Denver  Col.;  Lulu  H,,  wife 
of  Edward  Cross,  Jersey ville,  111.;  and  Frank  M.  Ware,  now 
a  partner  with  his  father. 

Mr.  Ware's  second  marriage  was  to  Miss  Julia  Fry, 
daughter  of  General  Jacob  Fry,  Oct.  3,  1877.  The  fruit  of 
this  marriage  was  one  daughter,  Emily  F.  Ware.  Mr. 
Ware  has  often  been  honored  with  positions  of  trust  in  city 
and  state,  but  be  it  said  to  his  credit  he  never  sought  for 
prominence  in  politics,  but  strictly  followed  his  business 
pursuits. 

Mr.  Ware  ranks  among  our  pioneer  and  honored  busi- 
ness men,  having  been  in  business  in  Jersey  ville  for  45  years. 

ALBERT    NEWTON. 

Born  in  Jerseyville,  111.,  January  22,  1867.  Received  his 
early  education  in  the  public  schools  at  Jerseyville,  and  was 
a  graduate  of  the  class  of  1884. 

He  was  elected  county  surveyor  of  Jersey  county,  111., 
in  1888,  and  served  10  years.  He  has  now  a  lucrative,  and 
responsible  position  as  civil  engineer  for  the  Chicago  &  Al- 
ton Ry.  Co. 

He    was  married  to  Miss  Pauline    Stone,    Peoria,    111., 


KICV.   JAMKS    HAKTY 


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Nov,  24,  1900.     She   was   the   daughter  of  Wm.  Stone   (de- 
ceased) President  of  the  1st  National  Bank,  Peoria,  111. 

OLIVER    PERRY    MYRICK. 

Was  born  in  old  Kane,  July  16,  1840.  He  is  the  grand- 
son of  Judge  Wm.  Myrick,  of  Vermont,  who  was  captain  in 
the  war  1812.  He  was  said  to  be  the  first  officer,  who,  at  the 
battle  of  New  Orleans,  ordered  his  company  to  use  bales  of 
cotton  as  fortifications.  Other  companies  seeing"  these  tac- 
tics, followed  in  suit.  Mr.  Myrick  was  the  son  of  Wm.  W. 
Myrick,  of  Vermont,  who,  when  a  mere  boy,  his  father  took 
with  him  through  the  war  of  1812.  He  is  a  brother  of  Rev. 
Marshall  M.  Cooper,  a  Presbyterian  minister,  now  pastor  at 
Arling-ton,  111. 

In  1861  he  enlisted  in  Co.  C.  61  111.  Vol.  Inft.  He  was 
in  the  battles  of  Shiloh,  Pea  Ridge,  and  many  other  hard 
foug-ht  battles,  and  was  honorably  discharged  Feb.  8,  1865. 

He  returned  home  to  Jerseyville,  where  lived  his  father 
and  mother,  and  remained  there,  or  near,  until  1867,  when 
he  bought  a  farm  in  Lincoln  county,  Missouri,  where  he  has 
resided  to  the  present  time. 

COSMOS    KELLER. 

Cosmos  Keller  was  born  near  Elsah,  Jersey  county,  Illi- 
nois, Sept.  27,  1859. 

Received  his  early  education  in  the  common  schools  of 
his  county,  finishing  his  education  at  Jones'  Commercial  Col- 
lege,- St.  Louis,  Mo. 

After  filling-  several  township  offices  he  was  elected 
Sheriff  of  Jersey  county,  111.,  in  the  fall  1890,  and  served 
four  years.  Elected  county  Treasurer  in  the  fall  of  1894, 
and  served  four  years. 

Was  re-elected  sheriff  of  Jersey  county  in  the  fall  of 
1898,  and  is  the  present  incumbent,  Mr.  Keller  has  always 
made  a  good  and  efficient  officer,  and  the  people  appreciate 
his  worth  by  repeatedly  electing  him  to  office. 

K1CY.    JAMES    HARTY. 

Rev.  James  Hartv  was  born  in    Waterford   county,    Ire- 


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land,  December  6,  1836.  He  received  his  classical  education 
at  Mount  Mellery,  and  completed  his  theological  education 
at  All  Hallow's  college  in  city  of  Dublin,  Ireland.  He 
came  to  America  October,  1862,  and  was  ordained 
priest  in  the  city  of  Alton,  December  4,  1863.  His  first 
pastoral  labors  were  in  Alton,  111.,  Cathedral,  where 
he  remained  until  Aug.  15,  1868,  when  he  came  to  Jersey- 
ville,  111.  His  labors  as  pastor  of  St.  Francis  Xavier's 
church  were  arduous  and  valuable  to  his  charge. 

The  erection  of  their  fine  church  edifice  is  the  result  of 
his  pastoral  energy  and  the  magnificent  donations  of  its 
membership.  Father  Harty  was  a  gentleman  of  literary 
culture,  and  among  the  well  read  theologians  of  his  church. 

He  remained  as  pastor  of  St.  Francis  Xavier's  church 
for  31  years. 

He  died  in  his  parsonage  home  in  Jerseyville,  surround- 
ed by  many  tender  and  sympathizing  friends  July  23,  1899. 
Thus  passed  away  a  pastor  much  beloved  and  mourned  by 
his  people. 

CHILDREN'S  BIOGRAPHIES. 

.THE    LOCKES. 

DAVID  ARCHIBALD — Born  May  6,  1897,  in  Jerse}Tville,   111. 

LUCIEN  POST— Born  February  26,  1900,  in  Jerseyville, 
111, 

They  are  the  sons  of  George  D.  and  Mabel  G.  (Post) 
Locke.  Mr.  Locke  is  the  junior  member  of  the  firm  of 
Chapman  &  Locke. 

THE   VAUGHNS. 

REXFORD  EDWARD — Born  in  Jerseyville,  111.,  Oct.  20, 
1894. 

HOLLAND  PRUITT — Born  in  Jerseyville,  111.,  April  2,  1896. 

DONALD  STEWART — Born  in  Jerseyville,  111.,  April  9, 
1898. 

Children  ot  Edward  J.  and  Sarah  (McNabb)  Vaughn. 
Mr.  Vaughn  is  one  of  Jerseyville's  leading  attorneys. 


I  Robert  P.  Lanerey,  2  Theresa  Fleming,  a  Catherine  Fleming.  4  Rexford  Edward 
\  aughn,  Holland  i'ruitt  Vaughn.  Donald  Stewart  Vaughn.  5  Stewart  Derry  Daniels 
6  Uatoie  8.  Coop  >r,  7  Jules  Alexis  Laurent.  8  James  Edward  Templeton. 


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EDNA    SCHEFFER. 

Born  in  Jerseyville,  111.,  May  18,  1890,  the  daughter  of 
Fred  and  Elizabeth  (Dacey)  Scheffer. 

Mr.  Scheffer  is  the  leading"  boot  and  shoe  dealer  in  Jer- 
seyville. 

STEWAHT    DKKRY    DANIELS. 

Born  in  Jerseyville,  111.,  January  15,  1898,  the  son  of 
Harry  S.  and  Castelle  (Derry)  Daniels.  Mr.  Daniels  is  a 
dealer  in  hardware,  groceries  and  carriages. 

MARIE    TERESA    REINTGES, 

Born  in  Jerseyville,  111.,  Aug.  21,  1898,  the  daughter  of 
Jacob  C,  and  Flora  D.  (Daniels)  Reintges.  Mr.  Reintges 
was  for  twelve  years  deputy  county  clerk  of  Jersey,  and  is 
at  present  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  at  Granite 
City,  111. 

THE    KELLERS. 

FREDERICA  M. — Born  Oct.  25,  1888,  in  Elsah,  Jersey 
county,  111. 

MARGUERITE  G.— Born  Oct.  7,  1890. 

They  are  the  children  of  Cosmos  and  Mary  Keller.  Mr. 
Keller  is  now  sheriff  of  Jersey  county, 

THE    KIELYS. 

T.   HELEN — Born  in  Jerseyville,  111.,  Jan.  6,  1897. 

RICHARD  E.— Born  in  Jerseyville,  111.,  April  12,  1899. 

Both  are  children  of  Richard  and  Mary  (nee  Sanderhaus) 
Kiely,  Mr.  Kiely  is  treasurer  of  Jersey  county. 

THE  JONES. 

MAX  BYRON — Born  July  7,  1895,  in  Gardner,  111. 

IVA   ETHELYN — Born  March  23,  1897,  in  Gardner,  111. 

ELSIE  BERNARDINE — Born  Jan.  6,  1900,  in  Jerseyville,  111, 

They  are  the  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  C.  Jones. 
Mr.  Jones  has  been  in  the  employ  of  the  Chicago  &  Alton 
R'y.  for  the  past  seventeen  years,  and  is  at  present  their 
agent  here. 

THE    COOPERS, 

HATTIE  S. — Born   in    Phelps   county,    Missouri,   Jan.   5, 


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1875.     Youngest  child  of  Rev.  and  Mrs.  M.  M,  Cooper. 

JAMES  EDWARD — Born  in  Morning-  Sun,  la.,  Nov.,  1887. 
He  is  the  second  child  and  oldest  son  of  J,  B.  and  Nellie  M, 
(Cooper)  Templeton,  who  now  reside  in  Galesburg-,  111.,  and 
grandson  of  Rev.  and  Mrs.  M.  M,  Cooper. 

MINNIE  M, — Born  in  Centerville,  la.,  Dec.,  1891,  the 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  P.  K,  Wade,  and  grand-daughter 
of  Rev.  and  Mrs.  M.  M.  Cooper, 


1  Elsie  Bernardine  Jones,  2  Max  Byron  Jones,  Iva  Ethelyn  Jones.  3  Marie  Teresa 

Reintges,  4  Minnie  M.  Wade,  5T.  Helen,  Kiely,  Richard  Kiely,  6  Edna    Schefter, 

7  Frederica  M.  Keller,  Marguerite  G.  Keller. 


(Classified  Business  Directory. 


Soon  after  the  first  survey  of  Jerseyville  in  1834,  Lott  & 
Dailey  erected  a  building-  and  started  a  store  which  was  the 
first  store  in  Jerseyville.  Horatio  N.  Belt  was  the  builder  of 
the  store  house. 

In  1835  they  sold  their  stock  to Georg-e  Collins  and  Ben- 
jamin Yates,  who  carried  on  the  g-eneral  merchandise  busi- 
ness for  several  years  under  the  firm  name  of  Collins  & 
Yates.  In  1837  a  second  store  was  started  by  Adam  Clen- 
dennen  and  Edward  Coles,  but  soon  closed  out  the  business, 
DRY  GOODS  STORES. 

BENJAMIN    C.    VANDERVOORT. 

Was  born  Dec.  29,  1821.  In  the  year  1858  he  came  to 
Jerseyville,  and  in  1859  established  a  dry  goods  business  on 
west  Pearl  St.  In  1867  he  erected  the  brick  building-  known 
as  the  Vandervoort  block.  About  the  year  1867,  I.  W. 
Beardslee  became  partner,  remaining- three  years  when  he 
retired.  Mr.  Vandervoort  became  sole  proprietor,  and  re- 
mained so  until  his  retirement  in  March  1,  1897.  His  fun- 
eral notice  reads  as  follows: 

"Died  at  his  home  in  Jerseyville,  111.,  Saturday,  May  4, 
1901,  at  10  o'clock  a.  m.,  aged  79  years,  4  months  and  5  days. 
The  funeral  services  will  be  held  from  the  Presbyterian 
church,  Monday,  May  6,  1901,  at  2:30  p.  m.  Rev.  J.  G. 
Klene,  officiating-. 

ROBERT    WHITEHEAD. 

Nephew  of  Mr.  Vandervoort,  immediately  upon  the  re- 
tirement of  his  uncle  from  business  March  1,  1897,  assumed 
control  of  the  store,  and  has  since  been  sole  proprietor  at 
the  old  stand.  Mr.  Whitehead  was  for  many  years  previous, 
the  trusted  clerk,  and  had  a  full  understanding-  of  the  busi- 


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ness.     He  enjoys  what  truly  belongs  to  him,  a  liberal   share 
of  the  patronage  of  the  public, 

M.    A.    WARREN    &    CO. 

M.  A.  Warren  was  born  near  Jerseyville,  Dec.  8,  1851, 
He  received  a  business  education  at  the  business  college, 
Jacksonville,  111.  In  the  fall  of  1872,  at  the  age  of  21,  he  be- 
gan his  business  career  as  clerk  in  the  dry  goods  store  of 
Lovell  &  Smith,  with  whom  he  continued  one  year. 

At  the  dissolution  of  Lovell  &  Smith,  Mr.  Warren  be- 
came partner  with  Mr.  Lovell.  They  continued  in  business 
three  years,  when  Mr.  Warren  withdrew  from  the  firm  and 
returned  to  the  employ  of  J.  Knox  Smith,  who,  soon  after, 
on  account  of  failing  health,  sold  the  business  to  F.  W. 
Smith  &  Co.,  for  whom  Mr.  Warren  clerked  until  Septem- 
ber 1880.  At  that  date  he  formed  a  partnership  with  J. 
Knox  Smith,  and  again  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business 
under  the  name  of  Smith  &  Warren.  They  occupied  a  store 
on  the  old  Herdman  corner.  In  Nov.  1884,  the  store  was  de- 
stroyed by  fire,  but  they  continued  to  carry  on  business  un- 
til September,  1885,  when  they  moved  into  a  new  store  built 
by  Geo,  W.  Herdman.  The  other  members  of  the  firm  are 
W.  H.  Ellison  and  W.  H.  Sturgess,  the  latter  residing  in  St. 
Louis,  Mo. 

WARREN-WISRMAN    DRY    GOODS    CO. 

Began  business  on  N.  State  street  by  buying  out  D  G. 
and  H.  N.  Wyckoff,  January  16,  1893.  Incorporated  March 
6,  1900,  into  "Warren- Wiseman  Dry  Goods  Co.,"  with  Geo. 
E.  Warren,  president;  J.  J,  Wiseman,  secretary  and  treas- 
urer. 

They  carry  a  full  line  of  dry  goods  and  carpeting.  Thev 
have  enjoyed  a  lucrative  trade  from  the  first,  because  of 
their  square  and  honorable  dealing,  and  their  rare  politeness 
and  generosity  shown  to  their  customers.  Their  clerks 
are  among  our  best  citizens. 


1  L.  A.  Miller,  2  Geo.  E.  Warren,  3  Robt.  Whitehead,  4  M.  A.  War 
ren,  5  H.  B.  Hill,  6  Frank  Fesenmeyer,  7  Geo.  Senior. 

DRY  GOODS  DEALERS. 


HKNKY  SCHEFFEK. 


FRED  SCHEFFER. 


J.  H.   DTTFFIEI.D. 


ROBERT  NEWTON. 


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FESKNMEYKR    SENIOR    &    CO. 

Began  business  on  south  State  street,  April,  1898.  Af- 
ter three  years  the  firm  name  was  changed1 to  the  present 
name  of  Fesenmeyer  &  Senior,  Dealers  in  furnishings  and 
dry  goods,  cloaks,  trunks,  notions,  etc.  Quick  sales  and 
small  profits,  with  fair  and  honest  dealing,  their  motto. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are  Frank  A.  Fesenmeyer 
and  George  Senior. 

LEWIS    A.    MILLER. 

Opened  a  department  store  at  Nos.  114  and  116  N.  State 
street,  Oct.  18,  1896.  Carries  a  full  line  of  dry  goods,  hats, 
caps,  boots  and  shoes,  with  millinery  goods.  Also  queens- 
ware,  glassware,  tinware,  with  all  goods  usually  found  in  a 
first-class  department  store.  Prices  always  right. 

WILLIAM    G.    BURNETT. 

Began  the  dry  goods  and  notion  business  in  partner- 
ship with  William  Rohacek  April,  1897,  until  February,  1901, 
Mr.  Rohacek  retiring,  Since,  Mr.  Burnett  has  been  sole 
proprietor.  Carries  a  full  line  of  dry  goods,  furnishing  and 
notions,  at  No.  109,  south  State  street,  His  stock  is  new 
and  first-class. 


CLOTHING  STORES. 

LEON    ENGEL. 

Leon  Engel,  the  popular  clothier  and  hatter,  established 
his  present  business  in  September,  1880,  His  stock  con- 
stantly increased,  and  he  now  carries  one  of  the  largest 
stocks  of  clothing,  hats,  shoes  and  gents  furnishing  goods 
found  in  this  section  of  the  State.  He  is  located  on  south 
State  street. 

H.  B.  HILL. 

Began  business  on  south  State  street,  March  18,  1899. 
Carries  a  full  line  of  clothing,  gents  furnishing  goods,  boots 
and  shoes.  Prices  always  right. 


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HOLMES    CLOTHING    STORE. 

S.  A.  Holmes  became  proprietor  of  the  shoe  and  cloth- 
ing- store  in  1874.  It  afterwards  became  a  stock  company 
under  the  firm  name  of  "The  Holmes-Hill  Shoe  &  Clothing- 
Store."  After  Mr.  Holmes'  death  the  business  was  con- 
ducted by  H.  B.  Hill,  until  1898,  when  the  company  was  dis- 
solved and  Mrs.  Holmes  assumed  control. 


GROCERY  STORES. 

MARSTON   &   HALLIDAY, 

J,  G.  Marston  and  Levi  Halliday  formed  a  partnership 
and  entered  the  grocery  trade  in  the  spring-  of  1873,  at  No. 
201  North  Main  street,  Jerseyville,  111.,  after  carrying  on 
the  above  named  business  22  years,  they  changed  in  the 
spring-  of  1897,  to  a  more  commodious  place  which  they  now 
occupy,  on  west  Pearl  St.,  in  the  Vandervoort  block. 

They  always  have,  and  do  still  carry  a  larg-e  stock,  con- 
taining1 a  full  line  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  queensware, 
chinaware,  crockery,  fruits,  farm  products,  usually  boug-ht 
and  sold  at  a  first  class  family  grocery  store.  They  have 
always  been  considered  straight-forward,  and  honorable 
dealing  men. 

SCHEINER    &    WOODRUFF. 

Entered  into  partnership  in  the  grocery  trade  Decem- 
ber 1898,  at  No.  201  N.  Main  street. 

They  carry  a  full  line  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  and 
are  young  men  worthy  of  a  liberal  patronage.  They  are  the 
successors  of  Scheiner  &  Rohacek,  who  did  business  at  the 
same  stand. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are  George  Scheiner  and  Geo. 
H.  Woodruff,  Jr. 

BENJ.    W.    AKARD. 

Began  carrying  a  general  line  of  family  groceries,  at   No. 
106,  south  State  St.,  Feb.  1,  1894,     Mr.  Akard  is  one  of  Jer- 


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seyville's  good  and   reliable   business   men,  and  in    conse- 
quence has  a  very  good  trade. 

JOHN    KKEHNER. 

Began  the  grocery  trade  on  Depot  street  August,  1891. 
Carries  a  full  line  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries;  also  queens- 
ware,  wooden  and  tin  wares;  everything  found  in  a  first- 
class  grocery  store.  His  upright  dealing  has  brought  him 
a  good  trade. 

JACOB   WAGNER. 

Jacob  Wagner  has  been  engaged  in  the  grocery  business 
since  1879.  His  store  is  located  on  north  State  street,  where 
he  carries  a  complete  stock  of  groceries,  glassware  and 
china  ware. 

SHAFER    &    HANLEY. 

The  reliable  grocers.  Staple  and  fancy  groceries, 
lime,  cement,  hair,  queensware,  woodenware,  paints  and 
oils,  corner  of  Pearl  and  Washington  streets. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are  Harry  W.  Shafer  and 
Thomas  Hanley. 

THOMAS    W.    BUTLER, 

First  began  business  on  East  Pearl  St.,  one  door  east  of 
State  Bank,  March  3,  1888.  Removed  to  his  present  com- 
modious stand  at  No.  201  on  south  State  St.,  November,  1890. 
He  carries  a  heavy  stock  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries,  glass 
and  queensware,  paints,  oils,  brushes,  etc.  Mr.  Butler  has 
a  large  trade,  and  reputation  established. 

H.    C,    MALONEY. 

Began  business  on  East  Pearl  St.,  Dec..  1898,  but  in  Dec. 
1899,  removed  to  a  more  convenient  and  commodious  room 
at  No.  207  south  State  St.,  where  he  carries  a  line  of  general 
family  groceries  and  provisions. 

His  honest  and  courteous  way  of  dealing  will  in  time, 
build  him  a  very  large  trade. 

ABRAM    W,    LOWE. 

Began  in  the  family  grocery  trade  on  the  corner  of   Clay 


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and  Spruce  streets,  Aug.  21,  189V. 

Carries  a  full  line  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries. 
WHITLOCK  &  co. 

Opened  up  a  grocery  store  on  north  State  street,  .April, 
1901.  They  cary  a  full  line  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries, 
tinware,  cig^ars  and  tobacco.  Moved  into  the  Snedeker 
building1,  September  1,  1901.  The  firm  is  composed  of  Wil- 
bert  W.  Whitlockand  Mrs.  Shirlev  M.  Nelson. 


BANKING  BUSINESS. 

In  1854,  A.  M.  Blackburn  established  the  first  banking- 
house  in  Jerseyville.  Until  1859  Mr.  Blackburn  conducted 
the  business  alone,  but  afterwards  associated  with  him 
Messrs.  Win.  Shephard,  Samuel  L.  McGill  and  A.  B.  Mo- 
rean,  when  the  firm  name  was  A.  M.  Blackburn  &  Co.  It 
was  afterwards  organized  under  the  state  law,  as  the  "JiCK- 
SKY  COUNTY  BANK,"  with  A.  M.  Blackburn  president,  and 
George  R.  Swallow,  cashier,  who  retired  earlv  from  the  bus- 
iness. This  bank  invested  largely  in  Tennessee  State- 
Bonds,  and  on  the  breaking  out  of  the  war,  the  bonds  de- 
preciated to  such  an  extent  that  the  bank  suspended  busi- 
ness. The  debts  were  paid  at  the  time  of  closing1  business. 

In  1859,  Dr.  K.  A.  D'Arcy  and  P.  D.  Cheney  established 
a  bank  under  the  firm  name  of  D'Arcy  &  Cheney.  During 
the  war  D'Arcy  &  Cheney  were  the  only  bankers  here,  and 
in  those  troublesome  times  during  the  war,  they  were  in 
constant  fear  of  raids  from  "bushwhackers,"  but  the  bank 
was  well  guarded.  No  attack  was  made. 

In  1866,  D'Arcy  &  Cheney  were  succeeded  by  Hugh  N. 
Cross  and  Col.  Georg-e  R.  Swallow.  The  business  was  con- 
ducted under  the  firm  name  of  Cross  &  Swallow,  until  in 
1872,  when  they  were  succeeded  by  H.  N.  Cross,  A.  W. 
Cross  and  W.  E,  Carlin,  under  the  firm  name  of  Cross,  Car- 
lin  &  Co.,  who  conducted  the  business  until  1876,  when  "The 
First  National  Bank"  was  organized,  with  H  N.  Cross  as 


1  S.  H.  Bowman.  2  H.  A.  Shephard.  3  Thomas  Wedding,    4  D.  .1.  Murphy.  5  A.  H.  Cochran, 

6  A.  W.  Cross. 

JERSKYVILLE    BANKERS. 


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president,  and  W.  E.  Carlin,  cashier.  Mr.  Carlin  was  con- 
nected with  this  banking  house  as  cashier  from  187o  to  187'). 

In  1894,  "Tine  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK"  became  the 
"NATIONAL  BANK,"  with  A.  W,  Cross,  president,  and  Ed- 
ward Cross,  cashier.  Mr.  Cross  was  cashier  for  15  years, 
when,  on  account  of  ill  health  he  was  succeeded  by  D.  J. 
Murphy  in  1899. 

Hugh  N.  Cross  was  connected  here  with  the  banking- 
business  from  1866  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1883. 
The  seven  original  directors  of  the  "The  First  National 
Bank"  were  H.  N.  Cross,  A.  W.  Cross,  W.  E.  Carlin,  J.  N. 
English,  J.  C.  Barr,  James  A.  Locke  and  Dr.  (*eo.  S.  Miles. 

THK    NATIONAL    BANK. 

A.  W.  Cross,  President;  W.  TL  Fulkerson,  Vice-Presi- 
dent;  1).  J.  Murphy,  Cashier;  A.  H.  Cochran,  Assis't. -Cash- 
ier. Bank  located  on  corner  of  State  and  Pearl  streets. 

Cash  Capital,  $50.000;  Surplus  Fund,  84,100. 
Individual  deposit  subject  to  check  $143,339.21 

Demand  certificate  of  deposit  -       70,585.84 

Loans  and  discounts  -  149,620.12 

The  above  is  a  sworn  statement  by  D.  J.  Murphy,  cash- 
ier, February  5,  1901. 

STATIC    BANK. 

S.  H.  Bowman,  president;  J,  A.  Shephard,  vice-presi- 
dent; H.  A.  Shephard,  cashier;  Thos.  Wedding-,  assis't- 
cashier.  Began  business  on  corner  of  State  and  Pearl 
streets  August,  1890. 

Cash  Capital  -     $50.000 

Surplus  -      $5.000 

The  banks  of  Wm.  Shephard  &  Co.,  and  Bowman  & 
Ware  were  consolidated  into  the  present  State  Bank,  which 
has  since  done  a  successful  business. 


MILLING  BUSINESS. 
The.  first  mill  built  in  Jersevville    was   an    ox    mill;   built 


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by  Joseph  Gerrish,  where  now  stands  the  Orville  A.  Snede- 
ker  house,  formerly  owned  and  occupied  by  his  uncle  Sam- 
uel Snedeker  on  south  State  street,  about  the  year  1833. 

The  second  was  a  Wind  mill  by  same  man,  Joseph  Ger- 
rish, 1839,  It  stood  in  the  south  part  of  Jerseyville  on  the 
Newbern  road,  in  the  Kirby  addition.  It  burned  down  about 
1850.  It  was  sold  by  Mr.  Gerrish  to  Mr.  Henry  Schaff. 
Some  of  the  boys  are  now  milling-  in  Maryville,  Mo. 

THE    JERSEY VILLE    MILLS. 

This  was  a  large  steam  flouring-  mill  built  by  N.  L. 
Adams  and  Josiah  French,  his  son-inJaw,  in  1&49.  It  stood 
where  Pritchett's  livery  stable  now  stands  on  the  corner  of 
Arch  and  Jefferson  streets.  It  was  bought  by  Samuel  Mc- 
Gill  and  A.  M.  Blackburn,  and  operated  some  years  by  them. 
After  them  it  was  operated  by  Samuel  Davis  and  Gideon 
Blackburn.  After  them  it  was  boug-ht  by  Henry  Johnson, 
Wm,  B.  Nevius  and  J.  Paris  i'n  1864.  About  that  time  J.  W. 
Vinson  became  g-eneral  manag-er. 

In  about  two  years,  about  1866;  it  was  botig-ht  by  H.  O. 
Goodrich,  Wm.  B.  Nevius  and  B.  W.  Green.  Green  retiring- 
from  the  firm,  the  mill  was  owned  by  Goodrich  &  Nevius 
alone,  until  it  burned  down  in  1876.  It  stood  on  the  north- 
east corner  of  Arch  and  Jefferson  streets.  J.  W.  Vinson, 
business  manager. 

EMPIRE   MILLS. 

Built  by  J.  M.  Young,  after  running-  it  for  several  years, 
doing  a  good  business,  it  was  burned  down.  It  was  after- 
wards rebuilt  by  John  N.  Squier,  who  continued  to  run  it 
until  he  sold  it  to  Goodrich  &  Nevius.  Still  further  on,  Mr. 
Nevius  retired,  when  the  mill  was  owned  and  run  by  H.  O. 
Goodrich  and  John  W.  Vinson,  until  it  was  again  burned 
down.  The  mill  stood  on  the  southeast  corner  of  Pearl  and 
Olive  streets.  It  was  never  rebuilt. 

There  were  other  mills  built,  but  the  proprietors  are 
dead,  and  reliable  information  concerning  them  seems  at 


1  John    W.  Vinson,    2  Wm.   B.  Nevius,  3   Henry  O.    Goodrich, 
4  N.  L.  Adams,  5  Josiah  French,  6  Charles  Jacobs. 

JRKSKYVIM.K  MILLRRS. 


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present  impossible  to  obtain  so  I  can  give  only  very  meagre 
information  concerning  them.  There  seems  to  be  no  record 
of  them. 

DODSON   MILL, 

In  1851  there  was  a  mill  built  by  a  man  named  Young. 
The  next  proprietor  was  named  Roberts.  He  in  turn  was 
succeeded  by  Turner  and  Whitenack.  This  firm  contin- 
ued for  a  short  time  and  was  changed  to  Turner  &  Van- 
Pelt.  They  soon  retired  and  leased  the  business  to  Remer 
&  Paris.  These  soon  sold  out  to  N.  L,  Adams.  He  oper- 
ated the  mill  until  in  1873,  when  it  was  purchased  by  Theo- 
dore Dodson.  At  this  date,  1873,  the  Dodson  Brothers, 
Theodore  and  Frank  M.,  came  to  Jerseyville,  and  engaged 
in  the  milling  business.  They  afterwards  built  a  new  mill, 
and  are  now  doing-  a  good  business.  The  capacity  of  the 
mill  is  200  barrels  a  day.  The  total  cost  of  the  plant  alone 
was  not  less  than  $35,000. 

THK    JACOBS    MILL. 

Charles  Jacobs  purchased  the  steam  mill  east  of  C.  & 
A,  R.  R4.  of  Levi  Cory,  in  1873,  and  continued  to  run  the  mill 
until  1897,  when,  on  account  of  age  and  infirmities  he  re- 
tired from  active  business  life.  The  mill  is  now  being  op- 
erated by  Fleming  &  Leak. 

ELEVATORS. 

THE    JERSEYVILLE    ELEVATOK. 

Began  operations  December,  1876.  It  was  regularly  in- 
corporated with  a  capital  stock  of  $25,000.  Located  on  C.  & 
A.  Railroad. 

Officers  elected  for  the  first  term  were  Hugh  N.  Cross, 
president;  James  A.  Locke,  vice-president;  Walter  E.  Car- 
lin,  secretary;  A.  W.  Cross,  Treas,;  L.  P.  Squier,  Supt. 
The  main  building  of  this  elevator  was  66  feet  high,  and  has 
a  ground  area  of  30x60  feet.  In  1878  Walter  E,  Carlin  pur- 


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chased  the  interest  of  J.  A.  Locke  and  the  following-  year 
that  ot  A.  W.  Cross,  thus  owning-  three-fourths  interest.  In 
the  spring  of  1881,  they  sold  the  elevator  to  E.  O.  Stanard 
Milling-  Co.,  of  St.  Louis,  who  still  operate  it  with  J,  H. 
Duffield  as  superintendent. 

FARMERS    ELEVATOR. 

The  Farmers  Elevator,  which  stands  on  the  C.  P.  &  St. 
L.  R.  R.,  was  purchased  by  E,  O.  Standard  Milling  Co.,  in 
1899,  of  T.  J.  Grimes,  who  had  a  mortgage  on  the  building-.  It 
was  first  a  stock  concern,  built  by  the  farmers  of  Jersey 
county.  It  is  managed  by  J.  H.  Duffield,  superintendent. 

COCKRELL    ELEVATOR. 

What  is  known  as  the  Cockrell  elevator  was  built  by 
Geo,  C.  Cockrell  in  1867,  at  a  cost  of  about  $7,000.  Geo.  C. 
Cockrell  ran  it  alone  until  1H69,  when  in  that  year  he  ad- 
mitted Elias  Cockrell  as  partner,  and  ran  the  business  to- 
gether until  1871,  when  Geo.  C.  Cockrell  sold  his  interest  to 
Elias  Cockrell,  In  May,  1884,  J.  M.  Valentine  of  Rock- 
bridge,  Greene  county,  purchased  the  elevator  of  Elias  Cock- 
rell, and  kept  it  about  one  year,  when  Mr.  Cockrell  bought 
it,  and  has  been  the  sole  proprietor  up  to  this  date,  1901. 

THE    CARLIN    ELEVATOR. 

The  elevator  that  stands  a  short  distance  north  of  Jersey- 
ville  elevator  on  C.  &  A.  R.  R.,  was  built  by  C.  T.  Edee  in 
1865,  who  operated  it  for  about  three  years,  when  it  was  pur- 
chased by  H.  C,  Massey  and  W.  E.  Carlin.  The  first  cost 
was  about  $5,000.  The  elevator  is  now  operated  by  Groppel 
&  Schneider. 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 

H.    SCHEFFER    &    SON. 

H.  Scheffer,  boot  and  shoe  dealer,  was  born  in  Prussia, 
April  20,  1827.  At  the  age  of  14,  he  was  apprenticed  to 
learn  the  shoemaker's  trade,  and  served  three  years,  after 


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which  he  followed  his  trade  until  he  reached  his  majority, 
then  he  entered  the  German  army,  continuing-  in  the  service 
three  years.  At  the  expiration  of  that  period  he  resumed 
his  trade  and  followed  the  same  until  1858,  at  which  time  he 
emigrated  to  America,  landing-  at  New  Orleans  on  the  26th 
day  ot  May,  1868.  He  proceeded  to  St.  Louis,  thence  to  Al- 
ton, thence  to  Jerseyville,  where  he  established  the  boot  and 
shoe  trade,  which  he  pursued  unto  the  day  of  his  death. 

He  was  married  June  6,  1858,  to  Miss  Mary  Bertman, 
who  was  also  born  in  Prussia.  They  were  the  parents  of 
three  children:  Frederick,  who  was  a  partner  with  his 
father  in  the  shoe  business;  Henry,  at  Bakersfield,  Cal.;  and 
Lillie,  living  at  home. 

The  new  firm  of  "Sheffer  &  Son"  was  established  March, 
1880.  They  occupied  a  two  story  brick  building-,  located  in 
the  best  business  part  of  the  city.  Besides  their  sales  room, 
they  have  a  custom  shop,  in  which  boots  and  shoes  of  all 
grades,  and  orders  are  made.  They  carry  the  larg-est  and 
most  complete  stock  of  boots  and  shoes  in  the  city. 

The  father  died  Dec.  15,  1900,  but  the  business  is  car- 
ried on  at  the  old  stand  by  his  son  Frederick,  who  is  an  hon- 
est, thorough  going-  business  man,  as  the  steady  increase  of 
his  business  shows. 

JOHN    SCHNEIDER. 

Opened  up  a  new  trade  in  boots  and  shoes  December  21, 
1900,  on  south  State  street,  and  Sept.  1,  1901,  moved  into  the 
new  Bull  building,  at  the  northwest  corner  of  State  and  Ex- 
change streets.  He  carries  a  full  line  of  boots  and  shoes. 

He  first  opened  a  repair  shop  in  1890,  prior  to  his  buy- 
ing his  stock  of  boots  and  shoes.  He  still  carries  on  a  repair 
shop  in  connection  with  his  store.  Repairing-  done  with 
neatness  and  despatch. 

PHILIP    LANCREY, 

Opened  by  Philip  Lancrey  on  north  State  street  in  1895. 
Manufactures  the  finest  boots  and  shoes  found  on  the  mar- 


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ket.     He  sends  his  work  to  California  and   all   points   in   the 
United  States  where  his  work  is  known. 

He  has  a  repair  shop  in  connection  with  his  manufact- 
ure. People  who  know  Mr.  Lancrey's  excellent  ability, 
come  to  him  for  extra  work. 


HARDWARE  STORES. 

JOEL    E.    CORY. 

Began  the  hardware  trade  in  1883,  first  in  the  Villinger 
building",  now  Ferns'  building1,  afterwards  removed  into 
the  new  Bull  building1,  on  west  Pearl  street,  in  1895, 
where  he  is  at  present  doing  a  large  and  lucrative  business. 
Since  1899,  his  son  C.  Roy  Cory,  has  been  associated  with 
him  in  business,  Carries  a  full  line  of  hardware,  wooden 
and  tinware.  Has  a  repair  shop,  and  large  storage  room  in 
connection.  Handles  fire-arms  and  ammunition  of  all  de- 
scriptions. Buys  and  sells  clover,  timothy  and  all  kinds  of 
farm  and  garden  seeds. 

Sole  agent  for  the  Standard  Oil  Company.  Also  agent 
of  the  Adams  express  company. 

A.    O-    AUTEN    &    CO. 

Began  business  on  corner  of  Pearl  and  Jefferson  streets, 
February,  1897.  Carry  all  kinds  of  shelf  hardware,  stoves, 
furniture,  carriages,  wind  pumps.  Also  handle  paints  and 
oils  of  all  kinds.  All  kinds  of  field  and  garden  seeds. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are  Aaron  O.  Auten  and  John 
N.  English. 

HAKRY    S.     DANIKLS, 

Successor  of  James  Stewart  Daniels.  Business  estab- 
lished by  him  in  1872.  Took  charge  of  business  immediately 
after  the  death  of  his  father  J.  S.  Daniels,  in  July  1892.  Bus- 
iness located  at  Nos.  117-9,  south  State  street. 

General  line  of  hardware,  stoves,  tinware,  buggies,  car- 
riages, pumps,  etc.  Also  full  line  of  groceries,  queensware, 


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etc.     Handles  all  kinds    of    field    and    garden    seeds.     Also 
dealer  in  carriages. 


IMPLEMENT  ESTABLISHMENTS. 

JERSRYVILLK    AGRICULTURAL    WORKS. 

In  1863,  Robert  Newton  and  H.  O.  Goodrich  formed  a 
partnership  under  the  firm  name  of  Goodrich  &  Newton, 
for  the  manufacture  of  agricultural  implements.  Their  idea 
was  to  supply  a  growing  demand  for  farm  machinery  in  the 
county  and  surrounding  country. 

They  first  purchased  a  frame  building  of  two  stories,  on 
east  Prairie  street,  24x36  feet  in  ground  area,  which  they 
converted  into  a  machine  shop.  In  1865,  Mr.  Newton  be- 
came sole  proprietor  of  these  works,  when  he  erected  on  the 
opposite  side  of  the  street  to  his  machine  shop,  a  ware- 
house and  paint  shop,  40x60  feet.  Another  building  36x40 
was  afterwards  erected  for  the  display  and  sale  of  machin- 
ery. In  1866  he  formed  a  partnership  with  his  brother-in- 
law,  Levi  D.  Cory,  and  the  firm  name  became  Newton  & 
Cory.  The  business  soon  justified  the  employment  of  20 
men.  In  1869,  Mr.  Newton  became  sole  proprietor  and  so 
continued  until  November,  1882.  About  this  time  a  stock 
company  was  formed  assuming  the  name  of  "Jerseyville 
Manufacturing  Company"  and  started  with  a  capital  stock 
of  $50,000. 

The  seventeen  stockholders  were  composed  of  the  fol- 
lowing men:  Robert  Newton,  H.  C.  Massey,  Col.  W.  H. 
Fulkerson,  Ormond  Hamilton,  Bowman  and  Ware,  Morris 
R.  Locke,  J.  M.  Page,  J.  A.  Shephard,  Wallace  Leigh,  L.  D. 
Halliday,  O.  A.  Snedeker,  C.  W.  Enos,  Elias  Cockrell,  A.  K, 
VanHorne,  J.  S.  Daniels,  B.  C.  Vandervoort,  with  the  fol- 
lowing officers:  Col.  W.  H.  Fulkerson,  Pres.;  H,  C.  Mas- 
sey, Vice-Pres.;  J.  M.  Page,  Sec,;  S.  H.  Bowman,  Treas.; 
and  Robert  Newton,  general  manager. 

In  April  1885,  Mr.  Newton   leased    the   works   from    the 


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company  and  in  1888  he  became  again  sole  proprietor.  He 
continued  this  business  until  1898,  when  he  associated  with 
him  Harry  Jones,  in  business  only,  purchasing-  no  real  es- 
tate. On  Janury  1,  1901,  Mr.  Newton  purchased  the  entire 
interest  of  Mr.  Jones,  and  again  became  sole  proprietor. 

From  the  first  establishment  of  these  agricultural 
works,  Mr.  Newton  looked  after  its  interest  to  the  present 
time. 

Mr.  Newton  at  present  carries  a  general  line  of  agri- 
cultural implements,  and  the  manufacture  of  his  patent 
"Corrugated  Iron  Roller  and  Pulverizer, "  at  the  old  stand 
where  he  began  in  1863.  He  manufactures  the  best  Adjust- 
able Steel  Roller  and  Pulverizer  on  the  market, 

JAMES    BELL. 

Bell  &  Corns  began  the  agricultural  business  at  No.  220 
N.  Main  street,  March  1,  1889.  Carried  a  general  line  of  ag- 
ricultural implements.  Dealers  in  oils,  and  repairs  for  all 
kinds  of  machinery  sold  by  them.  On  March  1,  1892,  Mr. 
Corns  retired  from  business,  after  which  it  was  carried  on 
by  James  Bell  at  the  old  stand.  In  1894,  Mr.  Bell  added  a 
feed  store,  and  ground  corn  for  feed. 

In  the  spring  of  1895,  sold  to  A.  O.  Auten  &  Co.,  and 
worked  for  them  one  year.  In  the  spring  of  1896,  returned 
to  the  same  business,  at  the  old  stand,  and  there  continued 
up  to  the  present  date,  1901. 

S.    L.    HILL, 

Began  the  agricultural  implement  business  on  east 
Pearl  street,  opposite  A.  O.  Auten  &  Co.'s  hardware  store, 
November,  1900.  Sells  farm  machinery,  wagons,  carriages 
and  all  kinds  of  repairs  for  machinery.  Threshing  ma- 
chines, wind  pumps,  sewing  machines  and  lightning  rods. 

WEST  &  SON. 

Began  business  in  Jerseyville  in  the  fall  of  1897,  on  N. 
State  street.  Carry  on  a  machine  shop  and  general  black- 
smithing.  Repair  all  kinds  of  machinery  from  a  lawn 


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mower  to  a  steam  threshing"  machine.  Dealers  in  steam  en- 
gines, boilers  and  threshing  machine  outfits,  and  repairs  for 
the  same. 

GEORGE    EGELHOFF. 

George  Egelhoff  established  a  carriage  factory  in  Jer- 
sey ville  in  1860.  For  many  years  he  did  an  extensive  busi- 
ness. He  still  runs  a  repair  shop  at  the  old  stand.  His 
present  carriage  repository  and  shop  was  the  old  Presby- 
terian church  moved  from  where  now  the  present  Presby- 
terian house  stands,  to  where  now  stands  Mr.  Egelhoff's 
shop  on  Jefferson  street  between  Pearl  and  Arch  streets. 


,  LIVERY  AND  FEED  STABLES. 

D.    P.    PKITCHETT. 

Livery  stable  situated  on  corner  of  Arch  and  Jefferson 
streets.  General  livery,  feed  and  sale  stable.  Began  busi- 
ness July,  1897.  Always  on  hand  a  good  supply  of  horses 
and  carriages  to  accommodate  the  traveling  public. 

E.    A,    R.    MYERS. 

Livery  and  feed  stables  situated  on  corner  of  Pearl  and 
Jefferson  streets, 

Always  on  hand  a  large  equipment  of  horses  and  car- 
riages of  all  kinds.  Sale  stable  for  horses  and  mules.  Good 
accommodations.  Well  established  and  widely  known. 

SEAGO    &    JOHNSON. 

North  End  Livery,  feed  and  sale  stable.  Began  bus- 
iness October,  1899.  Good  horses  and  carriages  constantly 
on  hand,  at  reasonable  prices.  The  proprietors  are  Charles 
T.  Seago  and  L.  M.  Johnson. 


TAILORING. 

JOHN    C.     TACK, 

Began  the   tailoring   business   first   in    1847,   at   the   old 
Red  Corner  now   occupied    by    H.    H.    Brockman's    bakery. 


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From  there  he  removed  to  the  opposite  side  of  the  street 
into  what  was  called  the  "Bijo"  where  now  stands  the  brick 
building1  belonging  to  Geo.  W.  Herdman.  From  the  "Bijo" 
he  moved  into  A.  L.  Knapp's  building,  a  little  further  south 
of  his  former  stand,  where  he  did  business  for  12  years  up 
to  1860.  From  this  place  in  1860,  he  removed  to  south  State 
street  which  he  built,  the  present  dry  goods  store  of  W.  G. 
Burnett, 

In  this  building  he  carried  on  the  tailoring  business  un- 
til 1888,  during  a  period  of  28  years.  After  this  time  he 
went  to  Topeka,  Kan.,  where  he  remained  about  one  year, 
thence  to  the  north  part  of  Kansas,  and  after  some  years, 
he  returned  to  Jerseyville,  where  he  now  lives  a  quiet  life  in 
his  old  age. 

FRED   C.    SCHMIDT. 

Both  tailor  and  cutter.  Began  business  on  corner  of 
State  and  Prairie  streets,  August,  1893.  Fred  is  not  the 
man  who  does  botch  work.  He  guarantees  a  fit.  His  in- 
creasing trade  proves  it. 

JOHN    HORN. 

Began  business  on  south  State  street,  March,  1886.  On 
February  19,  1900,  he  removed  to  his  present  place  of  busi- 
ness at  north  State  street. 

Mr.  Horn  does  his  own  cutting  and  tailoring,  and  guar- 
antees satisfaction.  He  also  carries  a  line  of  gents  furnish- 
ing goods. 

COAL  DEALERS. 


WM.    F.    FAHKY. 

Began  the  coal  artd  ice  trade  August,  1899.  Office  lo- 
cated near  C.  P.  &  St.  L.  passenger»depot.  Dealer  in  hard 
and  soft  coal  and  ice. 

K.    D.    SLATTICKY. 

The  old  reliable  coal  dealer.  Oldest  dealer  in  the  city, 
having  sold  coal  here  for  30  years.  Office  near  crossing  of 


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C.  &  A.  and  C.  P.  &  St.    L.   railroads.     Dealer  in  hard  and 
soft  coal, 

JOHN   CHRISTY. 

Dealer  in  hard  and  soft  coal  in  connection  with  his  lum- 
ber business.  Office  and  lumber  yard  near  C.  &  A,  and  C. 
P.  &  St.  L.  R.  R.  lines. 

ELI  AS    COCKRELL. 

Handles  soft  and  hard  coal  in  connection  with  his  lum- 
ber trade. 

JACOBS  &  ROBB. 

Also  handle  a  large  amount  of  hard  and  soft  coal  in  con- 
nection with  their  lumber  and  ice  trade. 


LUMBER  YARDS. 

JACOBS    &    KOBE. 

Located  on  Arch  street,  and  C.  &  A.  R,  R.  Dealers  in 
lumber  and  building-  material,  hard  and  soft  coal,  brick, 
lime  and  plaster.  Also  a  large  dealer  in  ice.  The  firm  is 
composed  of  Fred  Jacobs  and  Alex  C.  Robb. 

JOHN    CHRISTY. 

Christy  Brothers  succeeded  the  J.  C.  Gaskill  Lumber 
Co.,  December  23,  1895.  Near  the  crossing-  of  the  C.  &  A, 
and  C.  Pv  &  St,  L.  railroads.  Augustus  Christy  retired 
from  the  firm  May  27,  1899.  Since  then  John  Christy,  sole 
proprietor,  deals  in  hard  and  soft  coal,  lumber  and  building- 
material. 

E.    COCKRELL    LUMBER    CO. 

Successors  of  C.  H.  Knapp  and  E.  Cockrell.  The  pres- 
ent company  was  incorporated  June  1,  1895.  They  carry  a 
general  line  of  building  material,  lumber,  blinds,  sash,  lime, 
etc. 

JEWELRY. 

JOHN    E.    BOYNTON. 

Dealer  in  diamonds,  jewelry,    silverware   and    Columbia 


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watches.  Old  and  reliable  business  firm,  having-  been  in 
business  in  Jerseyville  twenty-five  years.  Located  on  south 
State  street  in  the  Shephard  building. 

H.    A.    TUNEHOKST. 

Began  business  in  the  Snedeker  building  on  Main  street 
in  the  fall  of  1878.  Was  burned  out  on  January  17,  1887,  but 
immediately  opened  business  in  the  Goeke  building-  until  the 
fall  of  1887,  when  he  removed  to  the  new  Snedeker  building-, 
his  present  location,  where  he  is  conducting  the  jewelry  and 
music  business,  watch,  clock,  and  jewelry  repairing.  Mr. 
Tunehorst  is  also  a  graduated  optician,  having  made  a  thor- 
ough study  of  the  eye,  and  how  to  correct  its  deficiencies 
with  glasses.  He  also  carries  a  fine  line  of  imported  cut 
glass,  decorated  china,  and  art  pottery.  .Also  pianos  and 
org-ans. 

Mr.  Tunehorst  commenced  in  a  small  way,  but  by  hard 
work  and  attention  to  business,  he  has  now  one  of  the  finest 
jewelry  stores  in  this  part  of  the  state,  and  carries  a  very 
large  stock  of  hig-h  grade  g-oods. 

FRED    HEKOLD. 

Began  business  on  west  Pearl  street  Jerseyville,  111., 
September,  1894.  Keeps  a  full  line  of  watches,  clocks  and 
jewelry.  Makes  a  specialty  of  repairing-  fine  watches  and 
jewelry. 

c.  c.  BORGER. 

Began  business  on  north  State  street  Jerseyville,  111., 
September  13,  1884.  Keeps  a  full  line  of  watches,  clocks 
and  jewelry.  Makes  a  specialty  of  repairing  watches, 
clocks  and  jewelry. 


DRUG  STORES. 

GREGORY    R.    SMITH. 

Became  the  successor  to  Georg-e  W.    Ware   in   the   drug- 
business  March  13,  1882,  located  on  south    State   street.     In 


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November,  1889,  moved  his  stock  of  goods  to  117  north  State 
street,  to  his  present  place  of  business.  Here  he  continued 
in  business  until  1892,  when  R.  L.  Vandenburg  ran  the  bus- 
iness until  1894,  when  Mr.  Smith  purchased  the  stock;  since 
which  time  he  has  been  sole  proprietor. 

Carries  a  full  line  of  drug's,  patent  medicines,  miscel- 
laneous and  school  books,  stationary,  wall  paper,  window 
shades,  toilet  articles,  and  everything-  found  in  a  first  class- 
drug  store. 

REMER    &    DUHADWAY. 

Began  business  on  north  State  street,  October,  1885. 
In  October,  1890,  removed  to  their  own  brick  building,  No. 
3,  south  Main  street,  where  they  are  at  present  located. 

They  carry  a  general  line  of  drugs,  school  books,  wall 
paper  and  window  shades. 

GEO,    W.    WARE    &    SON, 

Successors  to  W.  S.  Pittman  Drug-  Co.  Began  business 
on  south  State  street,  No.  105,  Sept.  1,  1900.  They  carry  a 
full  line  of  drugs,  wall  paper,  books,  stationary,  paints,  oils, 
patent  medicines;  in  short,  everything  usually  found  in  a 
first-class  drug  store. 


MEAT  MARKETS, 

JACOB   MODE. 

Successor  to  F.  X.  Schattgen,  who,  with  Henry  Beek- 
man,  who  remained  with  him  four  years,  began  the  butcher 
business  in  1857,  and  continued  without  cessation  for  44 
years.  Mr.  Mode  opened  a  meat  market  at  the  old  Schatt- 
gen stand,  March  25,  1901,  on  east  Pearl  street.  Deals  in 
all  kinds  of  fresh  and  salt  meats. 

WILLIAM    HANLEY. 

Opened  a  meat  market  in  Jerseyville,  June,  1882,  and 
has  followed  it  continuously  to  the  present  time,  a  little  over 
19  years.  For  some  12  years  he  was  associated  with  James 
Perring.  Since  the  retirement  of  Mr.  Perring,  he  has 


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been  sole  proprietor,     Handles  fresh  and   salt   meats  of  all 
kinds.     Fish  in  their  season. 

ALEXANDER    &    MILLER. 

Opened  a  meat  market  in  the  new  Bull  building-  on  north 
State  street,  July  24,  1901.  Dealers  in  all  kinds  of  fresh  and 
salt  meats  found  in  this  market. 

PAUL   NITSCHKE. 

Opened  a  meat  market  in  Jerseyville,  May,  1895,  at  No. 
203  south  State  street.  Keeps  constantly  on  hand  all 
kinds  of  tresh  and  salt  meats.  Fish  and  poultry  in  their 
season.  Also  buys  hides,  live  stock,  wool,  pelts  and  tallow. 


MILLINERY. 

GIERS    &    NEWBERRY. 

Began  business  at  west  Pearl  street,  in  the  spring-  of 
1896.  They  carry  on  a  general  millinery  business  in  the 
latest  styles. 

MRS.    W.    S,    KENNER, 

Beg-an  business  at  119  south  State  street,  Oct.  24,  1897. 
Mrs.  Kenner  has  a  good  business  and  merits  the  confidence 
and  respect  of  a  trading  public. 

MRS.    CLARA    B.    BROOKS. 

Bought  the  millinery  stock  of  Miss  Anna  Whitenack, 
July  17,  1901,  at  No.  107  north  State  street.  Carries  a  full 
line  of  millinery  goods,  hats,  ribbons,  silks,  velvets,  feathers 
and  flowers,  Mrs.  Brooks  is  well  known,  having  carried  on 
the  millinery  business  for  six  years,  previous,  from  1889  to 
1895. 


HARNESS  SHOPS. 

F.    W.    ROERIG. 

Doing  a  thriving  business  in  the  harness,  carriage  trim- 
ming and  saddlery.  His  polite,  honorable  and  genial  way  of 
doing  business,  and  treating  his  customers  has  built  him  a 


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trade  that  will  compel  him  to  call  in  more  help,  and  push 
out  the  walls  of  his  building-.  To  keep  his  word,  and  accom- 
modate his  customers,  he  works  decidedly  too  hard  for  a 
man  of  his  strength.  He  beg-an  business  at  215  south  State 
street,  March  5,  1883. 

A.    F.    PITT 

Began  the  harness  and  saddlery  business  on  west  Pearl 
street,  in  the  spring1  of  1872,  and  moved  from  there  to  his 
present  place  of  business,  on  north  State  street  in  1890. 

Mr,  Pitt  carries  on  a  g-eneral  line  of  harness  and  sad- 
dlery business,  making  a  specialty  of  repairing  everything 
along  his  line. 


UNDERTAKERS. 

FALES    &    PERRINE. 

Successors  to  Wm.  Keith,  who  established  business  here 
in  1851,  at  214  south  State  street.  The  present  firm  beg-an 
business  here  February,  1894.  Everything  in  the  line  of 
undertaking  constantly  on  hand.  Furniture  upholstered 
and  repaired  on  short  notice. 

JACOBY    BROS. 

Began  business  in  the  Halliday  building  north  State 
street,  March,  1891.  They  carry  a  general  line  of  furniture, 
carpets  and  wall  paper.  Everything  in  the  line  of  under- 
taking constantly  on  hand. 


HOTELS, 

COMMERCIAL    HOTEL. 

Wallace  Leigh  &  Son,  proprietors.  Hotel  was  fitted  up 
for  the  reception  of  guests,  March  1,  1870.  Has  maintained 
a  good  reputation  ever  since.  Ample  accommodations  and 
protection  for  guests. 

CENTRAL    HOTEL. 

Mrs.  John  Dunphy,  proprietor.     Opened  for  the   recep- 


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tion  of  guests  April  1,  1890.     This  hotel  has  always  had   its 
share  of  patronage.     Guests  safe  and  well  cared  for. 

JEFFERSON    HOUSE. 

Joshua  Sweeney,  proprietor.  Situated  conveniently  in 
the  business  part  of  the  city,  and  is  well  patronized.  Ac- 
commodations good  and  guests  politely  treated.  Began  bus- 
iness July  11,  1898. 

NORTHERN   HOTEL. 

Theo.  Hossner,  proprietor.  The  first  hotel  erected  in 
the  city.  The  present  proprietor  began  business  in  the 
spring  of  1899.  A  desirable  and  quiet  resting  place  for 
guests. 

There  are  at  present  a  number  of  excellent  private 
boarding  houses  through  the  city  more  or  less  permanent. 


BLACKSMITH  SHOPS. 
George  W.  Burke  started  the   first   blacksmith   shop  in 

1835.  The  next  shop  of  this  kind  in  Jerseyville  was  started 
by  Stephen  Herron,  who  began  work  in  the  fall  of  1835.     He 
also  built  a  shop,  and  worked  for  a   few  years  on  the   farm 
now  owned  by   Kirk  Massey,   one-fourth   of  a  mile   east  of 
Marshal]   Cooper's  farm,   situated   one  and    one-half    miles 
southwest  of    Jerseyville,    straight     line.     Afterwards    he 
moved  to    Grafton    and    died    there.        The    third     shop 
was  started  by  John  M,  Smith,  who  located  in  Jerseyville,  in 

1836,  He  worked  at  his  trade  for  about  five  years,   when  in 
1841  he  removed  to  a  farm  east  of  Jerseyville,   retiring  from 
any  further  pursuit  of  his  trade. 

o.  A.  TIFF. 

Opened  blacksmith  shop  at  his  present  stand  in  1856,  on 
north  State  street.  Has  carried  on  general  blacksmith  ing 
and  wagon  building  up  to  the  present  time,  at  the  same  old 
stand.  He  has  stuck  faithfully  to  business  in  one  place  for 
45  years. 


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JOHN    SWEENEY. 

Blacksmith,  carriage  and  paint  shop,  situated  on  Arch 
street,  No.  112.  Built  his  shop,  and  began  business  in  it,  in 
the  fall  of  1888.  Mr,  Sweeney  has  worked  at  his  trade  in 
Jerseyville  up  to  this  date,  1901,  steadily  for  41  years.  Pre- 
vious to  building-  and  moving  into  his  own  shop  where  he  now 
is,  he  ran  a  blacksmith  shop  on  Prairie  street  up  to  1888.  So 
much  for  staying-  qualities.  An  object  lesson  for  the  young 
men  of  Jerseyville,  get  a  good  thing  then  stick. 

JOHN  MODE. 

Carries  on  a  wagon  and  repair  shop  in  connection  with, 
and  in  the  shop  with  Mr.  Sweeney-  Began  work  here  with 
Mr.  Sweeney  in  1888.  Makes  and  repairs  all  wood  work, 
for  wagons,  plows  and  all  agricultural  implements. 

CHARLES    MCFAIN. 

Opened  up  a  new  blacksmith  shop  on  Arch  street,  near 
H.  S.  Daniels'  hardware  store,  about  June  10,  1901.  McFain 
is  a  good  workman  in  his  line,  and  no  reason  seems  appar- 
ent why  he  should  not  share  largely  of  the  public  patronage. 

JAMES    DOLAN. 

Successor  to  Peter  Dolan  &  Son.  Shop  located  on  Jeff- 
erson street,  between  Arch  and  Prairie  streets. 

Carries  on  a  general  blacksmithing  business,  with  horse 
shoeing  a  specialty.  Peter  Dolan  opened  a  shop  first  in  Jer- 
seyville in  1880,  and  in  1888  took  his  son  James  in  partner- 
ship with  him.  In  1896,  P.  Dolan  retired  from  business, 
leaving  his  son  James,  sole  proprietor. 

FRANCIS    M.    DASHNER. 

Opened  a  blacksmith  shop  on  east  Spruce  street,  March, 
1895.  Does  general  blacksmith  work  and  horse  shoeing, 
etc.  Also  has  a  wheel-wright  shop  in  connection,  worked 
by  Jacob  Gammerdinger.  Any  work  in  wood  and  iron  can 
be  done  here. 


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WM.    H.    MASSEY. 

Blacksmith  shop  located  on  east  Prairie  street.  Busi- 
ness is  conducted  by  Jefferson  King-.  Mr.  Massey  also 
handles  farm  machinery. 


PHOTOGRAPHY. 

The  first  photographer  ever  located  in  Jerseyville  was 
A.  W.  Cadman  in  the  year  1855  and  remained  here  two  years. 

About  1857,  May  &  Woods  began  the  photograph  busi- 
ness and  they  remained  about  two  years.  Afterwards  came 
James  Halsted,  Mrs.  Rinaker,  DeLee,  who  was  the  first  man 
who  made  here  the  card  photos.  J.  C.  Strong-  conducted  the 
business  until  bought  out  by  Robt.  C.  Gledhill  in  April,  1866. 

Mr,  Gledhill  continued  the  business  here  until  he  sold 
out  to  Decrevel  Bros.,  in  December,  1898. 

MOSES    DECREVEL. 

Began  the  photograph  business  by  buying  out  R.  C. 
Gledhill's  old  stand,  in  December,  1898.  Is  doing  a  general 
photograph  business  in  his  line  and  in  first-class  style. 

WHITEHEAD    &    ALEXANDER. 

Began  business  at  No.  109,  south  State  street,  August, 
1895.  They  enlarge  photos,  take  negatives  for  photos,  and 
everything  in  their  line  of  trade.  They  are  long  and  well 
known  in  Jerseyville,  and  have  the  confidence  of  the  public. 

The  firm  is  composed  of  E.  E.  Whitehead  and  E,  L. 
Alexander. 


FRUIT  STORES. 

N.    ACCARIO. 

An  Italian,  who  keeps  a  wholesale  and  retail  fruit  stand 
on  west  Pearl  street,  began  business  in  the  Bull  building, 
August  15,  1900. 

LEO    MERCURIC. 

An  Italian,  who  keeps  a  confectionery  and  fruit  stand  on 


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south  State  street,  since  February,  1894.     Handles  all  kinds 
of  fruits,  cig-ars  and  tobacco. 


BARBER  SHOPS. 

MILLER    BROTHERS. 

Began  business  on  south  State  street,  May,  1888. 
Moved  to  more  commodious  rooms  on  west  Pearl  street,  in 
the  Carlin  building1,  in  1891,  where  they  have  carried  on 
their  trade  continuously  to  the  present  time.  1901. 

HKNKY    F.    BAYKK. 

Henry  F.  Bayer  opened  his  barber  shop  in  Jersey  ville 
in  1860,  and  died  February  9,  1901,  after  carrying-  on  his 
trade  in  Jerseyville  41  years.  After  his  death,  his  old  stand 
is  now  occupied  by  his  two  sons,  Fred  and  Otto,  where  the}' 
are  now  located.  His  oldest  son  Fred,  for  some  15  years, 
was  running1  a  barber  shop  in  Witchita,  Kans.,  but  at  the 
death  of  his  father,  returned  to  Jerseyville,  and  is  now  work- 
ing- at  the  trade  in  his  father's  stead.  These  are  steady, 
sober  young1  men,  and  the  community  welcomes  them 
among-  us. 

ROLLKN   COLLENBERGER. 

Rollen  Collenberg-er,  proprietor  of  the  Palace  Barber 
Shop,  located  on  north  Main  street,  succeeded  Edward 
Boehmer,  deceased,  on  June  8,  1899.  His  business  is  well 
patronized. 

JOHN    L.    HARRIS. 

Beg-an  business  on  east  Arch  street,   Aug-ust  29,    1898. 
Does  everything1  in  his  line  of  business. 

WM.    TERRY. 

Proprietor  of  a  barber  shop  located  on  north  State  St. 
E.  o.  PERRY. 

Began  business  on  east  Pearl  street,  opposite  State 
Bank,  February,  1901.  Competent  to  do  satisfactory  work 
in  his  line. 


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I..    G.    GODAK. 

Beg-an  business  June  12,  1900,  at  No,  110  south  State 
street,  at  the  old  stand  occupied  by  Mr.  H.  Webb.  A  young- 
man  building1  up  a  reputation,  asks  for  his  share  of  the  pat- 
ronag-e  of  the  public. 

POULTRY  MARKETS. 

W.    P.    RICHARDS    &    CO. 

Beg-an  business  at  No,  217  south  State  street,  in  the 
spring-  of  1899.  Buy  and  sell  poultry  and  eg-g-s  of  all  kinds. 

JOHN    PERRING. 

Conducts  a  poultry  market  on  east  Pearl  street.  He 
succeeded  J.  N.  Davenport,  in  the  spring- of  1901. 


CIGAR  FACTORIES. 

WILLIAM    F.    BROCKMAN. 

Beg-an  the  manufacture  of  cig-ars  in  Jerseyville  in  1887. 
Factory  No.  208.  Opened  his  factory  at  his  present  place 
of  business  on  west  Pearl  street,  in  1892.  Manufactures  on 
an  averag-e  of  175,000  cig-ars  annually, 

GEORGE   LAUFKOETTKK. 

Carries  on  the  tobacco  and  cig-ar  trade  at  Factory,  No. 
196,  south  State  street.  Beg-an  business  in  the  spring-  of 
1877. 

HENRY    DOENGES. 

Cig-ar  factory  located  on  north  State  street,  near  North- 
ern Hotel. 

CHAS.    SCHMIDT. 

Cig-ar  factory  located  at  his  residence  in  west  part  of 
city. 

FEED  STORES. 

S.    D.    STANLEY, 

Began  business,  January,  1898,  at  No.    108,   south    State 


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street.  Buys  and  sells  feed  stuffs  of  all  kinds.  Also  every 
variety  of  field  and  garden  seeds  usually  kept  in  a  first-class 
store  of  this  kind. 

CLARENCE   M.    SCRIBNER. 

General  feed  and  flour  store.     Located  on  west  Arch 
street.     Began  business  in  1900. 


BAKERIES. 

LEIGH   &    SON. 

Wallace  Leigh  opened  a  bakery  and  confectionery  store 
on  south  State  street  in  1852,  where  he  remained  until  the 
Commercial  Hotel  building-  was  completed  in  1874.  In  1881, 
his  son  Austin  became  a  partner,  and  the  firm  name  became 
Wallace  Leigh  &  Son.  Their  ice  cream  has  become  famous 
through  a  wide  section  of  country. 

HERMAN    F.    BROCKMAN. 

Herman  F.  Brockman  runs  a  bakery  and  confectionery 
store  on  north  State  street,  where  be  has  been  located  for 
twelve  years.  His  ice  cream  parlor  and  soda  fountain  re- 
ceive a  liberal  patronage.  He  manufactures  choice  candies, 
and  enjoys  a  large  trade. 

JOHN    FAUTH. 

Began  business  at  No.  205  south  State  street,  October, 
1900,  John  knows  how  to  feed  the  hungry,  and  to  bake 
bread,  pies  and  cakes,  that  will  make  the  customer  come 
back. 

HENRY    H.    BROCKMAN. 

Began  the  bakery  and  confectionery  business  on  north 
State  street,  in  1887,  Remaining  there  one  year,  he  re- 
moved to  more  commodious  quarters  in  1888,  to  the  large 
brick  building  on  the  northwest  corner  of  State  and  Ex- 
change streets,  where  he  has  carried  on  a  lucrative  business 
to  this  date,  1901.  Mr.  Brockman  knows  how  to  feed  the 
hungry  with  the  best  of  bread,  pies,  cakes,  etc.,  as  he  fur- 


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nishes  everything  found  in  a  first-class  bakery   and   confect- 
ionery. 


VETERINARY  SURGEONS. 

J.    G.    BROWN. 

Began  business  in  Jerseyville,  July,  1892.  Office  on 
north  State  street,  corner  of  Main  and  Pine  streets.  Car- 
ries a  full  line  of  veterinary  medicines  and  does  general  vet- 
erinary service. 

K.    B.    BOOKEK. 

One  of  the  experienced  veterinary  surgeons,  is  located 
on  east  Exchange  street,  near  Jefferson  Hotel.  Also  has  an 
office  in  Alton. 


INSURANCE  AGENCIES. 

JKRSEYVILLE   MUTUAL   CO.    F.    I,    CO. 

The  Jerseyville  Mutual  County  Fire  Insurance  Co.  was 
incorporated  February  22,  1861,  and  reorganized  in  1888. 
The  officers  are,  D.  Q.  Trotter,  president;  Col.  W.  H.  Ful- 
kerson,  vice-president;  M.  C.  Stelle,  treasurer;  Charles  S. 
White,  secretary.  The  directors  for  many  years  have  been 
D.  y.  Trotter,  M.  C.  Stelle,  F.  W.  Schroeder,  Andrew 
Beiermann,  Col,  W.  H.  Fulkerson,  John  I.  White,  Edward 
Trabue,  Orin  Palmer  and  L.  L.  Kirby. 

As  its  name  indicates,  the  company  is  strictly  mutual 
in  its  plan;  in  other  words,  when  a  policy  holder  burns  out, 
all  the  policy  holders  together  pay  the  loss  pro  rata,  with  the 
amounts  of  their  several  policies,  and  each  and  every  policy 
holder,  has  a  voice  in  the  general  management  of  the  affairs 
ot  the  company.  The  only  salaried  officer  is  the  secretary, 
who  receiyes  only  $100.00  per  year. 

This  amount  with  the  incidental  expenses  in  the  matter 
of  books,  postage  and  stationery,  constitutes  the  entire  run- 
ning expenses  of  the  company.  The  following  will  illus- 


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trate  its  cheapness:  Old  Line  Stock  Company:  Amount  of 
policy,  $1,000;  rate  per  $1,000  insured,  $1.50;  premium, 
$15.00.  Jerseyville  Mutual:  Amount  of  policy,  $1,000;  rate 
per  $1,000  insured,  $.25;  premium,  $2.50.  Thus  saving-  in 
favor  of  this  company  on  first  cost  $12-50.  Now  the  records 
of  the  company  show  that  the  average  rate  of  assessment  on 
the  amount  of  premium  rates  has  been  in  round  numbers 
for  the  last  10  years  on  5  year  policies,  10  per  cent.  Taking 
this  as  a  fair  average,  and  the  records  back  for  30  years  prove 
it  to  be  so,  it  will  be  found  the  final  cost  of  the  above  policy  to 
the  holder,  to  be  10  per  cent  of  $50.00  the  amount  of  the 
premium  notes,  or  $5.00  which  sum,  added  to  the  original 
cost  of  $2.50,  makes  the  the  total  cost  of  $7.50,  for  5  years 
on  a  $1,000  policy,  or  $7.50  cheaper  than  that  of  a  Stock 
Company. 

Special  attention  is  called  to  the  fact  that  by  a  new  by- 
law passed  recently  by  the  Board  of  Directors,  the  company 
now  insures  live  stock  from  loss  from  fire  and  lightning  any- 
where in  the  county  while  in  possession  of  the  owner,  and 
that  hay  and  grain  in  the  stack,  or  in  store  on  the  premises 
of  the  insured  are  also  included,  and  that  the  above  provisions 
are  made  to  apply  to  all  policies  now  in  effect. 
CUTTING'S  INSURANCE  AGKNCY. 

Located  in  the  Gledhill  building  on  west  Pearl  street. 
The  Cutting  Insurance  agency  has  a  record  of  40  years  for 
honorable  dealing,  and  has  paid  to  Jersey  county  patrons  the 
enormous  sum  of  over  $130,000.00.  This  agency  represents 
15  of  the  first-class  fire,  lightning,  tornado,  plate  glass  and 
Employers'  Liability  insurance  companies.  Also  represent 
accident  insurance  companies  on  all  reliable  plans,  at  lowest 
rates.  Also  Life  Insurance  of  every  kind,  such  as  Ordinary 
Life,  Limited  Life,  Endowment,  Annuity  and  Tontine. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are  Leonard  M,  Cutting  and 
David  E.  Beaty. 

BOWMAN'S  AGKNCY. 

Office  over  State  Bank.     The  following   first-class   com- 


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panics  are  represented:  Phenix,  Aetna,  Germania,  Ameri- 
can, Commercial  Union  and  Glen's  Falls.  Ed.  D.  Griggs, 
solicitor. 

STELLE'S  AGENCY. 

Miss  Edith  A.  Stelle  succeeded  her  father,  D.  R.  Stelle, 
after  his  death  in  the  spring  of  1901,  This  agency  repre- 
sents the  following  fire  and  tornado  insurance  companies: 
Continental,  Germania,  Freeport,  111.,  Concordia,  Western 
Underwriters  and  American.  Office  located  in  the  Bull 
building  on  west  Pearl  street. 

George  B.  Stelle,  a  representative  of  the  Franklin  Life 
Insurance  Co.,  of  Springfield,  111.  Also  represents  the  var- 
ious fire  insurance  companies,  represented  by  his  sister, 
Miss  Edith  A.  Stelle,  doing  the  soliciting  and  traveling  part 
of  the  work. 

METROPOLITAN    LIKE, 

The  Metropolitan  Life  Insurance  Co.  is  represented  by 
P.  J.  Monahan,  Ass't.  Supt,  of  the  Alton  district.  Office 
over  State  Bank.  A.  T.  Ankrom  resident  agent,  of  the  same 
company,  for  several  years. 

GEORGE    A.    ROWDEN. 

Represents  Fidelity  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Co.,  of  Phil- 
adelphia, Pa.  Also  elected  township  assessor  in  1894,  and  is 
the  present  incumbent. 

BUILDERS. 

GEORGE    P.     SMITH. 

Contractor  and  builder. 

HENRY    LEAK. 

General  contractor  and  buildei*.  Shop  on  Washington 
and  Prairie  streets. 

ROBERT    CLARK. 

Carpenter  and  builder. 


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JOHN    POWELL. 

Contractor  and  builder.     Long-  experience. 

C.    R.    SNYDER. 

Contractor  and  builder. 

H.    C.    DERBY. 

Contractor  and  builder. 

ARCHITECTS. 

W.M.    EMBLY    AND    A.    N.    EMBLY. 

Office  on  east  Arch  street.  Many  of  the  most  beautiful 
public  building's  and  residences  in  the  city  have  been  plan- 
ned by  these  gentlemen. 


MASONS. 

CONRAD   NELSON. 

Mason,  bricklayer  and  plasterer. 

WM.    G.    NALLY. 

For  32  years,  plasterer  and  bricklayer. 

LLOYD    HANSELL. 

Mason,    bricklayer    and    plasterer.     Old    and     reliable 
workman.     Followed  his  trade  here  for  45  years. 

FORD  BROS. 

Bricklayers,  masons  and   plasterers.     Well   known   and 
reliable  workmen. 

HORACE   ROBINGS, 

Mason,  bricklayer  and  plasterer. 

W.    S.    HENDERSON. 

Mason,  bricklayer  and  plasterer. 


PAINTERS. 

W.    F.    KROTZSCH. 

Wm.  F.  Krotzsch  keeps  a  well  equipped  painting1   estab- 
lishment.    Paints  building's,  signs  and  fresco  work.     Grain- 


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ing,  glazing,  paper  hanging1.     Agent  for  white  and   enameled 
letters. 

A.   B.  PURINTON. 
Painting-  and  paper  hang-ing-. 

WM.    SABO. 

Painting-  and  paper  hanging-. 

A.    W.    KENNEDY. 

Painting-  and  paper  hang-ing-. 

J.    J.    SNOW. 

Painting-  and  paper  hang-ing-. 


STENOGRAPHERS. 

ELIZABETH  EATON— With  Cutting-'s  Insurance  Agency. 

JULIA  BARRON — With  Chapman  &  Locke,  investment 
bankers. 

TILLIE  SCHATTGEN — With  Thos.  F.  Ferns'  law  office. 

ALICE  M.  CORY — In  J.  M.  Pag-e's  office,  Manag-er  Cold 
Spring-  Gold  Mining-  and  Tunnel  Company. 

EVELYN  REYNOLDS — Circuit  Court  stenographer. 

MARGARET  FLANNIGAN — In  office  of  O,  D,  Leach.  Claim 
Department  of  C.  &  A.  R.  R. 


RAILROAD  AGENTS. 

W.  C.  Jones,  agent  C.  &  A.  R.  R,;  F.  C.  Rutherford,  day 
operator;  L.  L.  Miller,  night  operator. 

NATHANIEL   E.    MANN. 

Agent  of  C.  P.  &  St.  L.  R.    R.     C.    F.  Cunningham,   op- 
e  rator. 


EXPRESS  COMPANIES. 

UNITED    STATES. 

United  States  Express  Company   on   east    Pearl    street, 
in  old  National  Hotel  building.      H,  F.  Hill,  agent. 


C.  P.  &  ST.  L.  K.  K.  DKPOT. 


ADAMS. 

Adam's  Express  Company  on  west  Pearl  street,  in  Joel 
E.  Cory's  hardware  store.  Joel  E.  Cory,  agent. 

UNCLASSIFIED. 

MARBLE    WORKS. 

The  Jerseyville  Granite  and  Marble  Works  was  incor- 
porated March  6,  1899,  with  W.  H.  Houghtlin,  president; 
Geo.  H.  VanHorne,  secretary  and  treasurer;  D.  M.  Hought- 
lin,  manager.  Handle  granite  and  marble  tombstones  and 
monuments  of  all  sizes  and  descriptions.  Previous  to  incor- 
poration the  business  was  conducted  by  W.  H.  Houg-htlin 
for  many  years, 

CITY    I.AUNDKY. 

Wm.  Johns,  proprietor;  C.  W.  Johns,  manager.  Began 
the  laundry  business  by  buying  out  the  business  of  Wm. 
Limbrick,  July  22,  1901, 

Mr.  Johns  was  born  in  Medora,  111.,  October  23,  1879.  A 
graduate  of  the  class  of  1897,  of  the  Medora  high  school. 
Immediately,  after,  he  began  the  laundry  trade  at  Shreye- 
port,  Louisiana,  and  completed  his  trade  in  a  large  steam 
laundry  in  Chicago,  111.  His  experience  and  training  in  his 
business  merit  the  confidence  and  patronage  of  the  public. 

CABINET    AND    REPAIR    SHOP. 

Lucian  C.  Derby  carries  on  at  north  State  street,  a  cab- 
inet and  repair  shop.  Repairs  and  varnishes  fine  furniture. 
Guns  and  bicycles  repaired  on  short  notice.  Also  does  an 
extensive  business  in  picture  frames  and  other  work  along 
that  line. 

BOOK    AND    NEWS    STAND. 

Oscar  Hill,  proprietor  of  the  only  news  and  book  store 
in  Jerseyville,  succeeded  M,  L.  Hill  &  Co.,  in  1878.  He  has 
conducted  the  business  ever  since,  and  is  located  on  north 
State  street. 

Deals  in  miscellaneous  and  school  books,  stationery, 
newspapers  and  periodicals. 


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PLUMBING. 

Geo.  A.  Fry  opened  up  business  for  himself  in  the  Beatty 
building-  on  south  State  street,  January,  1901.  Steam  heat- 
ing1 and  general  plumbing1.  Mr.  Fry  has  followed  his  trade 
here  years  previous,  and  is  well  and  favorably  known.  Also 
carries  a  line  of  stoves. 

SODA    MANUFACTORY, 

Shafer  &  Mitzel  beg-an  the  manufactory  of  soda  water 
May  10,  1894.  Mr.  Shafer  retired  from  the  firm  in  1896, 
since  then  A,  F.  Mitzel  has  been  sole  proprietor.  Factory 
located  on  corner  of  Prairie  street. 

TRANSFERS. 

James  M.  Finch  began  the  transfer  business  by  running- 
transfer  wagons,  and  busses  from  depots  to  hotels  in  the 
city,  in  the  spring  of  1866.  He  has  followed  industriously 
the  same  business  to  the  present  time,  1901,  during  a  period 
of  35  years.  That  means  success. 

H.    D.    BULL,  D.  D.  S. 

For  many  years  has  practiced  dentistry  in  Jerseyville, 
and  has  his  office  over  Cory's  hardware  store  in  the  Bull 
building. 

CHARLES    WEDDING. 

Keeps  a  fish  stand  on  east  Pearl  street,  first  door  east 
of  State  Bank. 

DR.    A.    S,    HUNT. 

Dr.  A.  S.  Hunt,  homeopathic  physician,  located  in  the 
Bull  building  on  west  Pearl  street,  in  1900. 

M,    J.    DOLAN,    ATTORNEY. 

M.  J.  Dolan,  attorney-at-law,(  located  on  south  State 
street.  Was  State's  attorney  from  1896  to  1900. 

SAM   LEE'S    LAUNDRY. 

Sam  Lee,  a  Chinaman,  conducts  a  laundry  on  south 
State  street. 

OPERA    HOUSE. 

Thomas  F.    Ferns   bought  the   Villinger  opera  house 


KDWIN    S.   WF.LLS. 


BENJAMIN    \V  IODDING. 


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property  in  1900.  He  at  once  remodeled  and  enlarged  the 
store  room  below  and  the  opera  house  above.  A  large  and 
modern  stage,  with  the  latest  scenery,  was  constructed,  and 
Jerseyville  now  has  a  convenient  and  inviting  place  for  en- 
tertainment and  amusement.  W.  H.  Schroeder  is  the  pres- 
ent manager. 


The  "Pioneers. 


EDWIN  S.  WELLS. 

Edwin  S.  Wells  was  born  in  Salisbury,  Conn.,  October 
19,  1828,  When  he  was  six  years  old  his  father  removed  to 
Berkshire  county,  Mass.,  where  he  received  a  liberal  educa- 
tion before  coming'  west. 

He  came  to  Chicago,  111.,  in  1850,  with  the  intention  of 
locating-  there,  but  becoming  alarmed  at  the  prevalence  of 
the  cholera  in  that  city,  he  came  to  Jerseyville  to  visit  his 
friend  George  H.  Hodgkin,  who  had  preceded  him  about  two 
years  and  was  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  A.  B.  Morean, 

One  day  a  tanner  from  under  the  bluff  by  the  name  of 
George  Foster  brought  a  bundle  of  dressed  deer  skins  to 
the  store  to  sell  for  "whangs,"  as  he  called  it,  and  Mr.  Wells 
conceived  the  idea  of  making  such  products  into  gloves  and 
mittens,  and  ordered  twelve  dozen  dressed  skins  as  a  start, 
and  ripped  up  some  gloves  and  mittens  in  the  store  for  pat- 
terns. From  this  the  enterprise  grew  until  he  consumed 
from  10,000  to  12,000  a  year,  and  manufactured  some  25,000 
to  30,000  pairs  of  gloves  and  mittens,  besides  a  large  number 
of  money  purses. 

He  soon  discovered  that  with  the  rapidly  increasing  pop- 
ulation, the  deer  skins  would  become  fewer  when  his  busi- 
ness would  grow  less  and  less,  and  he  closed  out  his  interests 
and  returned  to  Chicago  and  engaged  successfully  in  the 
wholesale  grocery  business  for  many  years. 

Mr.  Wells  married  for  his  second  wife  Rachel  Corbett 
Hinton,  the  widow  of  Abner  C.  Tlinton,  who  practiced  law  in 
Jerseyvilk-  for  some  years,  and  sister  of  Mrs.  Isaac  Harbert. 
who  still  lives  in  Jerseyville. 

Mr.  Wells  made  a  profession  of  religion  and  united  with 
the  first  Presbyterian  church  of  Jerseyville,  under  the  care 
of  Rev.  Samuel  Grosvenor,  the  first  Sabbath  of  Januarv,  1851 


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He  retired  from  active  business  some  eight  years  ago, 
and  has  a  beautiful  home  in  Lake  Forest,  one  of  the  suburbs 
of  Chicago,  on  the  shore  of  Lake  Michigan,  28  miles  from  the 
city. 


BENJAMIN   WEDDING. 

Was  born  in  Scioto  county,  Ohio,  April  14,  1826.  He 
came  to  Jersey  county  in  1834,  and  has  here  remained  ever 
since.  He  began  teaching  school  in  1846,  at  the  age  of  20 
years  which  occupation  he  followed  during  the  winters  for 
10  years,  farming  during  the  summer. 

He  was  elected  sheriff  in  1856  by  the  whig  party,  when 
he  removed  to  Jerseyville.  In  1864  he  was  appointed  reve- 
nue collector  for  Jersey  and  Calhoun  counties,  which  office 
he  held  four  years.  He  was  Justice  of  the  peace  for  eight 
years.  Coroner  from  1854  to  1856,  Was  elected  mayor  of 
the  city  of  Jerseyville  in  1870.  Was  married  August  9,  1847, 
to  Miss  Tabitha  Johnson,  of  Jersey  county,  but  formerly  of 
Scioto  county,  Ohio.  Twelve  children  were  born  to  them, 
five  of  whom  died  in  infancy-  Those  now  living  areBarkley, 
James,  Thomas,  Philip  and  Heber. 

Mr,  Wedding  still  lives  among  us,  and  has  a  real  estate 
and  loan  office  on  north  State  street.  Also  Notary  Public. 


JAMES  STEWART  DANIELS. 

Was  born  in  Chester  county,  Pa.,  February  10,  1835. 
He  came  to  Jersey  county  in  1854  with  his  parents,  and  en- 
gaged in  farming.  In  1861  he  enlisted  in  Co.  G,  122nd  111., 
Inft.,  and  was  honorably  discharged  in  1865.  He  imme- 
diately returned  to  Jerseyville  and  was  elected  City  Marshal, 
which  position  he  held  for  six  years.  He  was  alderman  for 
10  years,  and  in  1891  was  elected  Mayor.  One  of  his  first 


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official  acts  as  mayor  was  the  vetoing-  of  an  ordinance  passed 
by  the  newly  elected  council  lowering-  the  saloon  license  fee 
from  $750.00  to  $500.00,  which  act  earned  for  him  the  esteem 
and  confidence  of  all  good  citizens,  and  his  subsequent 
course  at  the  head  of  the  city  g-overnment  has  g-iven  entire 
satisfaction. 

Beg-an  the  hardware  business  on  south  State  street, 
February,  1872,  and  there  conducted  the  business  until  1889, 
when  the  firm  name  became  J.  S.  Daniels  &  Son,  and  re- 
mained the  same  until  his  death,  which  occurred  July  12, 
1892.  Since  his  death  the  business  has  been  conducted  by 
his  son  H.  S.  Daniels,  who  is  sole  proprietor. 

For  many  years  he  was  connected  with  the  School  Board 
of  Jerseyville,  and  was  foremost  in  all  educational  matters. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  council,  and  took  an  active  part  in 
the  water  works  in  pushing-  them  to  completion. 

His  death  was  rather  sudden,  yet  it  had  been  known  for 
several  days  that  he  was  sick,  but  when  the  sad  news  of  his 
death  was  known,  it  had  a  paralyzing-  effect  on  the  citizens  of 
Jerseyville,  for  they  realized  they  had  lost  one  of  their  best 
friends,  and  a  useful  citizen,  and  a  feeling-  of  g-enuine  sor- 
row took  possession  of  every  heart. 

His  funeral  services  were  conducted  at  the  Presbyter- 
ian church,  Rev.  Ira  C.  Tyson  officiated,  assisted  by  Rev.  J. 
J.  Porter.  He  was  buried  under  the  direction  of  Jerseyville 
Lodg-e,  No.  394,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  assisted  by  Belvidere 
commandery,  K.  T.,  No.  2,  of  Alton. 

Acting-  mayor  DuHadway  issued  a  proclamation  request- 
ing- the  citizens  to  close  their  respective  places  of  business 
from  10  o'clock  a.  m.,  to  2  o'clock  p.  m.,  which  was  done,  and 
the  entire  community  attended  the  funeral  and  followed  the 
remains  to  their  last  resting-  place. 

Thus  passed  away  a  g-ood  man,  a  useful  citizen,  who  will 
be  sadly  missed  by  the  entire  city. 


JAMES  STKWAKT  DANIELS. 


ALFRED.  B.  PURINTON. 

Alfred  B.  Purinton  performed  an  important  part  in  the 

capture  of  Jefferson  Davis   during-   the   closing1   days  of  the 

war.     Mr.  Purinton  was  Second  Lieutenant  of  Co.  I.  of  the 


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Fourth  Michigan  Cavalry  under  the  command  of  Col,  B.  D. 
Pritchard  which  accomplished  the  feat  of  bagging  -the  wiley 
Confederate  President. 

On  May  10,  1865,  Mr.  Purinton  was  "brevetted  First 
Lieutenant  of  United  States  Volunteers,  for  meritorious  ser- 
vice in  the  capture  of  Jefferson  Davis." 

Lieutenant  Purinton  was  one  of  the  twenty  men  who  es- 
corted Davis  and  party  to  Washington.  He  now  has  in  his 
possession  a  button  cut  from  the  rubber  coat  worn  by  the 
Confederate  President  as  a  disguise. 

Mr.  Purinton  was  born  in  Truxton,  Portland  county,  N. 
Y.,  February  16,  1834.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Nettie 
Maxwell,  at  Coldwater,  Mich.,  in  1867.  Moved  to  Lincoln, 
111.,  in  1871,  where  they  resided  until  1882,  when  they  moved 
to  Jerseyville.  Three  children  were  born  to  them:  Fred 
V.,  of  Lincoln,  111.;  Lena  B.,  of  Boston  Mass.;  and  Eliza- 
beth, who  resides  with  her  parents. 


CITY  LIBRARY. 

An  ordinance  passed  the  City  Council  appropriating 
money  to  establish  and  maintain  a  City  Library,  Oct.  2,  1894. 

The  appropriation  was  approved  by  the  Mayor,  H.  A. 
Shephard,  October  3,  1894.. 

Opening  of  Library  to  the  public,  May  15,  1895. 

To  start  the  enterprise,  Senator  T,  S.  Chapman  do- 
nated the  rent  of  the  library,  room  for  three  years. 

The  Shakespeare  club  ,paid  librarian  for  three  years. 
Number  of  volumes  in  library  2,863;  number  of  government 
reports,  extra  760,  making  a  total  of  3,623. 

About  300  volumes  out  constantly. 

The  library  calls  in  on  an  average  of  two-thousand  visi- 
tors monthly.  Very  few  libraries  in  the  State  in  a  city  of 
this  size  are  better  patronized  than  this. 

Board  of  Directors  are:  Wallace  Leigh,  Pres.;  J.  J. 
Wiseman,  vice-president;  Ed.  J.  Vaughn,  Joshua  Pike, 
Nellie  Bowman,  H.  R.  Gledhill,  A.  M.  Slaten,  T.  W.  Butler 


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and  N.  Buesen.     Miss  Edna  L.  Curtis,  Librarian  and  Secre- 
tary. 

POST  OFFICE. 

The  first  post  office  in  Jerseyyille  was  established  in 
1834,  with  Edward  M.  Dailey  as  the  first  postmaster,  who 
held  it  for  six  years. 

The  second  was  David  T.  Bonnel,  who  held  the  office 
from  1840  to  1844. 

The  third  was  Perley  Silloway. 

The  fourth,  was  Charles  H,  Roberts. 

The  fifth,  Alex  B.  Morean. 

The  sixth  was  Charles  H.  Jackson,  who  was  appointed 
in  1853,  and  served  until  1858. 

The  seyenth  was  Jacob  E.  Whitenack,  who  held  the  of- 
fice until  1861. 

The  eighth  was  Thomas  L.  McGill,  who  took  charge  of 
the  office  in  1861,  but  died  a  short  time  thereafter,  and  his 
wife  succeeded  him. 

The  ninth  incumbent  was  John  I.  White,  but  soon  after 
resigned  in  favor  of  Wm.  Pitt,  who  held  the  office  about  two 
years. 

The  tenth  was  Joseph  H.  Buffington,  who  held  it  for 
three  years. 

The  eleventh  was  George  H.  Jackson,  who  acted  as 
special  agent,  for  a  while,  and  was  afterwards  appointed, 
serving  until  1869. 

The  twelfth  to  serve  as  postmaster  was  Jacob   E,   White- 
nack who  was  re-appointed,  and  continued  in  office  until  1877. 

The  thirteenth  man  was  J.  L.  C.  Richards,  who  held  the 
office  from  1877  to  1882.  The  fourteenth  postmaster  was 
Wm.  H.  Edgar,  who  began  in  1882,  and  continued  to  1886. 
Hon.  H.  O,  Goodrich,  March  1,  1886  to  1890.  Adolphus  Rue 
from  March  1,  1890  to  1894,  John  C.  McGrath  from  March 
1,  1894  to  1898.  Wm.  S.  Pittman  began  March  1,  1898,  and 
continues  to  the  present  date,  1901, 


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JERSEYVILLE  CITY  BAND. 

The  Jerseyville  City  Band  was  organized  Nov.  1,  1888, 
under  the  leadership  of  Paul  Leresche,  Sr  ,  who  was  their 
continuous  leader  for  eleven  years,  until  November  1,  1899. 

On  account  of  age  and  infirmities  Mr.  Leresche  resigned, 
and  Aaron  Dodson,  who  was  one  of  the  charter  members  of 
the  band,  who  played  alto  three  years,  solo  cornet  five 
years,  and  baritone  for  three  years,  was  on  Nov.  1,  1899, 
chosen  leader  and  so  continues  to  the  present  date,  1901. 

The  band  now  plays  every  Friday  evening-  during-  the 
summer  months  on  the  streets,  which  the  citizens  enjoy  and 
appreciate  greatly. 

Mr.  Dodson  as  a  leader  is  thoroug-hly  competent  and 
deeply  interested,  and  the  band  now  ranks  among-  the  best 
in  this  part  of  the  State,  Following"  are  the  names  of  the 
members  of  the  band: 

LEADER — Aaron  Dodson. 

CORNETS — Paul  Leresche,  Jr.,  Herbert  Brinton,  C.  D. 
Dodson,  John  Powers  and  Herold  Leresche. 

CLARINETS — Aug-ustus  Krotzsch,  E.  L.  Alexander  and 
Elmer  Erwin. 

ALTOS — C.  A.  Dodson,  Walter  Catt,  Jos.  A,  Snodgrass 
and  Karl  T.  Nelson. 

TROMBONE— J.  W.  Bell,  Henry  Catt  and  J.  Q.  Hill. 

TUBAS — John  Schneider,  Strother  Kennedy. 

DRUMS — Theodore  Dodson,  Herbert  Bell, 

CEMETERIES. 


OAK    GROVE    CEMETERY. 

What  is  now  known  as  Oak  Grove  cemetery  was  pur- 
chased by  the  town  of  Jerseyville  from  H.  L.  Adams,  Jan- 
uary 8,  1856,  for  the  sum  of  $800.00,  payable  in  three  annual 
payments  of  $266^5. 

The  cemetery,  situated  in  the  eastern  portion  of  Jersey- 
ville, was  surveyed  and  paltted  by  Henry   M.    Chase,    county 


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surveyor,  July  19,  1856,  and  signed -by  A.  B,  Morean,  presi- 
dent, and  A.  M.  Blackburn,  clerk  of  the  council  of  the  town 
of  Jerseyville. 

The  first  sexton  was  Thomas  Ford,  who  acted  until  the 
latter  part  of  1866.  The  second  was  Joshua  Walpole,  who 
acted  until  May,  1867,  and  was  in  turn  succeeded  by  Casper 
Sabo,  who  has  acted  continuously  ever  since.  During-  the  34 
years  as  sexton,  he  has  buried  1,779  persons. 

Up  to  this  date  August  21st,  there  are  2,361  persons 
buried  in  Oak  Grove  cemetery,  of  which  number  286  are  in 
the  Potter's  Field. 

The  first  person  buried  was  Clavira  Stelle,  daughter 
of  I.  and  R.  Stelle,  Aug.  16,  1856.  The  second  was  Eliza- 
beth Ford,  September,  1856.  The  first  addition  to  Oak 
Grove  cemetery,  containing-  20  acres,  was  purchased  by  the 
city  council  from  Eug-ene  Eberhardt  on  the  19th  day  of  Jan- 
uary, 1898,  for  the  sum  of  $3,000.00,  part  of  which  was  sur- 
veyed and  platted  by  A.  W.  Newton,  county  surveyor. 

There  are  792  lots  in  the  original  including  50  lots  laid 
out  for  the  Potter's  Field,  and  690  in  the  new,  making  a 
total  of  1,482  lots,  which,  as  a  whole,  make  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  cemeteries  in  the  State. 

This  cemetery,  the  silent  home  of  our  departed  loved 
ones,  is  neatly  kept  and  beautified,  more  or  less,  by  the 
works  of  art  and  nature,  and  with  the  multitude  of  white 
marble  monuments,  which  mark  the  resting  places  of  our 
dead,  is  a  desirable  place  for  pensive  thought  and  prayer. 

CATHOLIC    CEMETERY. 

Further  to  the  north  is  the  beautiful  Catholic  cemetery, 
the  hallowed  place  the  Catholic  church  lays  away  her  pre- 
cious dead.  Laid  out  with  walks,  and  adorned  with  monu- 
ments and  evergreens,  the  devout  Catholic  may  lay  away  to 
peaceful  slumbers  their  precious  loved  ones. 

OLD  SETTLERS'  SOCIETY. 
The  "OLD  SETTLERS'  SOCIETY,"  of  Jerseyville,    was  or- 


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ganized  in  the  Court  House,  on  Saturday,  October  7,  1871. 
There  were  thirty-five  of  the  old  settlers'  present,  and  from 
this  number  a  committee  of  three  were  appointed  to  draft  a 
constitution  and  plan  of  organization,  consisting-  of  Geo.  E. 
Warren,  J.  G.  Scott  and  George  H.  Jackson. 

After  some  time,  the  committee  brought  in  a  constitu- 
tion, containg-  eight  sections.  Any  person  wishing-  to  read 
the  constitution,  the  writer  refers  them  to  the  history  of 
Jersey  and  Greene  counties,  page  165, 

Meetings  were  held  by  this  society  until  of  recent  years. 
The  old  settlers  who  kept  up  the  society  have  passed  be- 
yond. The  present  generation  do  not  call  themselves  old 
pioneer  settlers,  therefore  do  not  feel  much  interest  in  an 
organization  to  which  they  feel  they  are  not  eligible. 


FARMERS'  INSTITUTE. 

The  Jersey  County  Farmers'  Institute  was  organized 
according  to  statutory  enactment  in  1896,  with  Col.  W.  H. 
Fulkerson  as  president,  and  J.  W.  Becker  secretary  and 
treasurer.  Annual  meetings  are  held  regularly  at  the  Court 
House  in  .lerseyville. 

The  present  officers  are:  C.  W.  Simmons,  president; 
J.  W.  Becker,  secretary  and  treasurer;  W.  H.  Bartlett,  W. 
H.  Fulkerson  and  C.  H,  Updike,  executive  committee. 

DOMESTIC    SCIENCE. 

In  connection  with  the  annual  Farmers'  Institute  held 
January  8th  and  9,  1901,  the  Jersey  County  Domestic  Science 
Association  was  organized  with  Mrs,  W.  E.  Carlin,  presi- 
dent; Mrs.  M.  C.  Stelle,  vice-president;  Miss  Fannie  Fulk- 
erson, secretary;  Miss  Mamie  Cadwallader,  treasurer. 
Many  interesting  and  profitable  meetings  have  been  held. 


Y.  M.  C.  A. 

Organized   December,    1900,    with    eight    members,    and 
Mr.  John  Christy,  president;  Geo.  Woodruff,  Jr.,    vice-presi- 


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dent;  E.  L.   Alexander,   secretary;  J.    W.   Becker,    director 
and  Walter  S.  Daniels,  Jr.,  treasurer. 

Meeting's  were  held  in  the  home  of  President  Christy, 
until  association  moved  into  their  rooms  on  north  State 
street,  January  17,  1901.  Meeting's  now  held  in  their  rooms 
Sunday  afternoons. 


CRIMINAL  RECORD. 

The  following'  account  taken  from  the  Jersey  county  cir- 
cuit court  records  shows  this  to  be  the  only  case  of  capital 
punishment  executed  in  Jersey  county: 

"Jersey  County  Circuit  Court,  April  term,  April  18, 
1865.  Wm.  A.  Brown,  alias  Tom  Moss,  alias  Amzi  Moss, 
murder.  Indictment  charges  murder  of  Robert  Watson, 
Nov.  7,  1864,  by  shooting-  with  a  pistol." 

Trial  at  August  special  term,  1865.  Jurymen:  James 
Young1,  J.  W.  Besterfeldt,  T.  J.  Campbell,  John  Davis,  John 
E.  Julks,  Asa  Brig-gs,  Sebastian  Watson,  J.  C,  Carrico,  D,  D. 
Smith,  Wm.  McAdams,  H.  N.  Belt,  Jr.,  Wm.  R.  Ashford. 

Jury's  verdict,  murder.  Hung-  on  Wednesnay,  Sept.  1, 
1865.  T.  J.  Selby,  sheriff. 

Witnesses  to  hanging:  Richard  I.  Lowe,  county  judge; 
Jacob  Lurton,  associate  judge;  L.  H.  Robbins,  J.  L.  White, 
attending  physicians;  .Andrew  Jackson,  county  clerk;  M.  E. 
Bagley,  circuit  clerk;  W.  T.  Whitfield,  H,  O.  Goodrich,  C. 
C.  Cummings,  James  C,  Ross,  Smith  M,  Titus,  J.  C.  Mar- 
shall, Chas.  H.  Knapp,  Dr.  A.  K.  VanHorne,  Dr.  G.  G.  Lyon, 
John  H.  Reddish,  A.  L.  Knapp,  Wm.  W.  Felter. 


NATIONAL  HOTEL. 

The  National  Hotel  was  built  by  Lott  and  Dailey,  in 
1836-7.  In  May,  1836,  John  Frost,  Sr.,  vacated  the  "Old  Red 
House,"  to  give  room  for  Prof.  Penuel  Corbett  and  family, 
Mrs.  Harbert  being  one  of  the  children,  and  moved  into  the 
National  Hotel  before  the  painting  was  completed. 


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Thus  John  Frost,  Sr.,  was  the  first  occupant  of  the  old 
National.  Mr,  Frost  remained  in  the  hotel  eight  years,  un- 
til the  spring-  of  1846,  when  C.  B,  Fisher  purchased  it,  and 
remained  there  four  years,  to  1849. 

In  1846  C,  B.  Fisher  built  the  north  division  of  the  hotel 
afterwards  occupied  by  Fred  Bertman,  dry  goods  and  cloth- 
ing- store,  and  Casavant's  jewelry  store,  lastly  by  Ed.  Burns' 
saloon  and  Wm.  Hanley's  meat  market.  C.  B.  Fisher  re- 
tiring, Peler  Goff  held  possession  until  in  1854,  when  W,  S. 
Hawley  took  charge,  who,  in  1855,  built  the  long  eastern  ad- 
dition of  70  feet,  that  extended  to  the  alley. 

At  this  point  there  is  some  doubt  as  to  the  order  of 
ownership.  In  1860,  Smith  Titus  was  proprietor,  and  he 
was  succeeded  by  Charles  Bowman.  William  Billings  next 
came  in  control  and  after  him  Charles  Holcomb  and  his  sons. 
James  Young  succeeded  the  Holcombs,  with  whom  the  his- 
tory of  the  building  as  a  hotel  ceases,  though  it  was  used 
afterwards  as  a  rooming  house,  At  the  time  of  its  destruc- 
tion by  fire  Sept.  1,  1901,  the  property  was  owned  by  S,  H. 
Bowman,  William  Hanley  and  James  Perrings. 

Much  interesting  local  history  is  connected  with  this 
building,  especially  during  the  Civil  War  period  when  it 
was  connected  with  the  "Underground  Railroad." 


bounty  {-Farm 

SIXTY  YeftRS  ftGO, 


HON.    ED.    MINER. 

ut  on  the  prairie,  about  a  mile  to  the  west 

Of  where  we're  now  met,  further  knowledge  in  quest, 
Stood  a  little  log  cabin  in  the  prairie  grass  tall, 
Where  your  speaker  arrived  one  night  in  the  fall, 
In  destitute  plight,  without  money  or  clothes, 
A  pitiable  object,  as  you  well  may  suppose. 
And  to  add  to  his  misery  —  and  these  are  bald  facts  — 
He  was  barren  of  hair  as  the  poll  of  an  ax, 
And  shy  on  teeth,  too,  for  this  luxury  then 
Was  with  him  like  unto  the  proverbial  hen, 

That  cabin  stood  low,  squarely  facing  the  south, 

And  built  to  withstand  either  flood  or  a  drouth; 

One  door  and  two  windows  furnished  ingress  and  light, 

While  the  fireplace  covered  quite  all  else  from  sight. 

The  door  on  two  wooden  hinges  was  hung, 

But  the  windows  were  "set"  and  refused  to  be  swung; 

And  a  rough  puncheon  floor,  laid  down  without  sills, 

Answered  well  enough  there  for  skirts  without  frills. 

A  ridge-pole  projected  at  either  end  of  the  hut, 
And  a  chimney  loomed  up,  belching  cinders  and  soot. 
On  one  end  of  the  ridge  pole  a  hen  and  her  brood 
Roosted  safe  from  the  varmints  'round  hunting  for  food, 
While  a  gobbler,  whose  mate  on  Christmas  eve  died, 
Held  the  other  end  down,  thus  preventing  a  slide. 
With  these  simple  adornments  the  outside  was  complete, 
While  the  interior  lacked  not  in  ornaments  neat, 


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From  the  rafters  o'erhead  there  hung  in  festoons 
Long-  string's  of  dried  apples  and  dried  skins  of  raccoons; 
While  over  the  fireplace,  from  pegs  in  the  logs, 
Swung  strips  of  dried  venison  and  jowls  of  dead  hogs. 

In  one  corner  a  barrel,  with  cover  weighted  with  chunks, 
To  keep  the  meat  under  brine  and  secure  from  skunks, 
Held  in  pickle  the  poirk  for  the  next  summer's  use, 
And  served  at  times  as  a  stand,  or  at  least  an  excuse, 
For  this  useful  adornment,  and  often  at  night, 
Held  the  saucer  of  grease  that  furnished  the  light. 

Then  a  little  pine  table,  one  bed  and  some  chairs, 
And  an  old  wooden  clock  much  in  need  of  repairs, 
And  a  bucket  and  gourd,  and  an  old  spinning  wheel, 
And  hanks  of  white  yarn  just  fresh  from  the  reel, 
And  a  shot-gun  transformed  from  a  rifle,  smooth-bore, 
Which  hung  within  reach  just  over  the  door, 
And  a  powder  horn,  made  from  the  horn  of  an  ox, 
Embellished  with  pictures  of  a  hound  and  a  fox, 
And  suspended  near  by  to  be  ready,  in  case 
A  big  buck  glided  by,  to  get  out  and  give  chase — 
Embraced  about  all  the  household  effects 
Save  a  few  ancient  dishes  little  better  than  wrecks. 

No,  there's  another  adornment  I  cannot  forget, 
For  its  memory  looms  up,  clinging  close  to  me  yet, 
And  that's  the  cradle  of  boards,  shy  of  satin  or  silk, 
Where  your  speaker  got  started,  dealing  wholly  in  milk; 
At  which  avocation  he  thrived  well  for  a  time, 
Had  things  his  own  way,  and  enjoyed  it  prime, 
Until  there  came  to  the  cabin,  one  dark  night  in  June, 
Another  toothless  young  scamp  with  lungs  all  atune, 
Who  got  red  in  the  face,  yelled  and  kicked  with  such  vim, 
That  he  turned  the  milk  business  straight  over  to  him. 

Thus  a  farm  life  in  Jersey,  three  score  years  ago, 
Your  speaker  began,  and  would  now  have  you  know 
That  milk  rations  cut  off,  his  chances  to  win 


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Were,  to  put  it  quite  mildly,  most  deucedly  thin, 

For  did  he  take  other  diet  and  thereby  grow  fat, 

Then  his  mother  would  worry  to  know  "where  he  was  at," 

Did  he  chance  to  stroll  out,  looking-  tempting-  and  sweet, 

Lest  a  prowling-  she-wolf  snap  him  up  for  her  meat. 

But  he  grew  on  apace  with  other  stock  on  the  farm, 
Had  the  croup  and  the  measles,  which  did  him  no  harm; 
Fought  whooping-  coug-h  hard,  and  chicken  pox  spurned, 
Fed  the  chickens  and  pigs,  rocked  the  cradle  and  churned; 
Went  out  on  cold  morning's,  ground  covered  with  sleet, 
Drove  the  hogs  from  their  beds  and  there  warmed  his   bare 

feet, 

Brought  the  cows  from  the  pasture  and  on  errands  ran, 
Until  but  one  thing  was  lacking  to  make  him  a  man. 

That  "one  thing"  he  found  in  the  summer  one  day, 

When  a  man  from  the  town  came  out  to  cut  hay, 

Who,  to  pay  him  for  some  little  errand  he  did 

Gave  a  piece  of  tobacco,  just  enough  for  a  quid, 

Now  then,  thought  your  speaker,  this  surely's  not  bad, 

I'll  be  a  man  now  not  less  bigger  than  dad. 

He  put  the  stuff  in  his  mouth,  to  the  stable  went  straig-ht, 

Leaned  against  the  pig-  pen  and  did  there  ruminate; 

Till  a  darkness  came  o'er  him  that  could  almost  be  felt, 

And  a  queer  sort  of  feeling1  flitted  under  his  belt, 

Which  caused  him  to  tremble,  his  knees  to  grow  weak, 

Filled  his  soul  with  dismay  and  with  pallor  his  cheek; 

Until,  hanging  limp  o'er  the  rails  of  that  pen, 

Gave  his  quid  and  his  dinner  to  the  pigs,  there  and  then. 

But  this  little  experience  didn't  seem  to  suffice — 

He  was  bent  on  acquiring  and  holding  the  vice. 

So  he  sought  the  same  reptile  that  caused  him  the  pain, 

And  declared  he  was  willing  to  be  bitten  again. 

And  thus  he  continued,  spite  of  thrashings  or  threats; 

His  father's  advice,  or  his  mother's  regrets, 

Until  he'd  mastered  the  art  (this  is  truthful  but  sad,) 


And  could  bite  off  a  chew  quite  equal  to  dad. 

Then,  as  years  glided  by,  he  engaged  on  the  farm, 

Not  enongh  to  excite  or  cause  much  alarm 

For  his  health,  or  his  strength,  but  to  tell  you  what's  so, 

For  ten  cents  a  day  he  covered  corn  with  a  hoe; 

Sallied  out  in  the  mornings  when  his  father  with  team 

Went  out  to  break  prairie,  and  bore  down  on  the  beam 

To  keep  the  plow  in  the  ground,  and  thus,  hour  by  hour, 

Rode  an  old  wooden  mould  board  that  never  did  scour. 

Then  played  circus  with  horses,  and  rode  'round  and   'round 

To  tramp  out  the  sheaves,  in  a  ring  on  the  ground; 

And,  with  tramping  done,  then  to  gather  the  wheat 

Helped  to  rake  off  the  straw  and  toss  chaff  from  a  sheet. 

Another  threshing  device  in  vogue  at  that  day, 

Which  to  use  with  effect  was  not  any  child's  play. 

And  though  simple  in  build,  in  looks  shy  of  deceit, 

Was  full  of  the  d — 1  as  an  egg  is  of  meat. 

This  engine  whose  antics  made  your  speaker  bewail 

And  curse  the  day  he  was  born,  was  a  measly  old  flail. 

One  day  he  had  stood  and  watched  with  much  care 

The  men  in  the  barn  swinging  flails  in  the  air, 

To  beat  out  the  oats  from  sheaves  on  the  floor, 

Where  he  viewed  the   proceedings  through   a  crack   in   the 

door. 

When  the  noon  hour  came  and  men  gone  to  their  meals, 
Thought  your  speaker,  "I'll  try  this  and  see  how  it  feels 
To  run  these  machines,  so  simple,  so  plain; 
I  think  I  can  do  it  without  very  "much  strain." 
He  seized  the  one  nearest,  swung  it  over  his  head, 
And  in  less  than  two  minutes  he  was  carried  to  bed, 
With  nose  mashed  out  of  sh;jpe,  his  eyes  a  mere  speck, 
And  one  ear  twisted  'round  to  back  of  his  neck. 
But  he  lived,  as  you've  seen,  to  tell  the  sad  tale, 
And  give  warning  to  shun  that  murderous  flail. 

The  threshing  now  done  and  corn  gathered  in  crib, 
The  thoughts  are  diverted  to  the  roasted  spare-rib. 


And  hog-killing  time  now  grows  on  apace 
When  the  porker  will  then  have  to  give  up  the  race. 
In  the  crisp  early  morning-,  ground  covered  with  snow, 
A  smoke  is  seen  curling-  from  a  chunk-heap  aglow, 
Where  stones  to  heat  water  snuggle  closely  therein 
To  be  ready  for  business  when  the  killings  begin, 
Then  the  neighbors  arrive,  old  butcher  knives  ground; 
New  gambrels  are  cut  because  the  old  ones  not  found, 
Then  a  bustle,  a  hustle  and  cry  "water  hot," 
Then  the  crack  of  a  rifle,  a  squeal  from  the  lot, 
And  the  slaughter  is  on,  and  no  rest  is  found 
Till  with  heels  in  the  air  and  noses  to  the  ground, 
Hang  suspended  in  rows,  looking  comely  and  neat, 
The  remains  of  dead  swine  for  the  next  season's  meat. 
Then  the  dogs  and  the  cats  and  crows  from  the  field 
Hang  'round  for  the  parts  the  interiors  now  yield, 
And  contend  for  the  "lights,"  hung  on  the  top  rails 
While  the  boys  are  content  to  fight  out  for  the  tails. 

But  let  this  suffice  for  the  scenes  on  the  farm 

About  which  there  always  will  linger  a  charm, 

While  we  mention  the  men  who  three  score  years  agone 

Leveled  the  forests  and  made  the  prairie  a  lawn. 

When  we  scan  o'er  the  list,  tho'  we've  not  named  them  all, 

Our  feelings  are  stirred,  as  we  sadly  recall 

That  two-thirds  of  the  number,  if  not  many  more, 

Have  passed  on  beyond — to  eternity's  shore. 

Peace  to  their  memories,  ever  green  their  graves  keep, 

For  they're  not  dead  but  sleeping,  then  why  do  we  weep. 

Among  those  whom  your  speaker  has  many  times  met 

Are  those  whose  names  follow — these  he  cannot  forget: 

There  was  "Uncle"  Phil  Grimes  and  son  Jarret  T., 

And  Pattersons,  Gershom,  a  major  was  he; 

The  Coleans  and  the  Cu minings,  a  goodly  array, 

The  Slatens  and  Aliens  and  Ira  E.  Day; 

And  Gilworths  and  Whitlocks  and  William  McDow, 


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The  Waddles  and  Grains  and  Richard  I.  Lowe; 

And  Carrolls  and  Marstons  and  Ezekial  Chance 

And  Beach,  Charlie  L.,  who  liked  well  to  dance. 

Then  the  Scotts  and  the  Powells,  Rogers  and  Riggs. 

The  bobbins  and  Snells  and  one  William  Briggs, 

And  Simmons,  and  Shorts,  Randolphs  and  Ruyle, 

And  D'Arcy  E.  A.,  he  of  the  "old  school." 

Also  Landons  and  Lambs,  Masons  and  Stelle, 

And  Seagos  and  Trabues  and  Adams,  N.  L. 

Then  Reddish  and  Schroeders,  Perrine  and  Cross, 

And  Jacksons  and  Hills,  the  Corys  and  Ross; 

The  Calhouns  and  the  Cowens,  Campbells  and  Belts, 

And  Wyckoffs  and  Davis,  the  Dabbs  and  VanPelts. 

The  Darnells  and  Dodsons,  Masseys  and  Barrs, 

The  Knapps  and  the  Goodrichs,  Loftons  and  Darrs, 

McDows  and  McKmneys,  Stanley  and  Swans, 

Staffords  and  Tolmans,  the  Nobles  and  Vaughns, 

Then  Warrens  and  Richards  and  English,  J.  N. 

With  Weddings  and  Blackburns  and  a  Crabb  now  and  then. 

And  Uncle  John  Sheeley,  all  remember  him  still, 

As  also  Joe  Gerrish  who  built  the  wind  mill. 

Then  Viall  and  Cyrus  and  Casey  (M.  D.) 

And  Bairds  and  old  "Billie"  Kelley  you  see. 

Hinsons  and  Kirbys,  the  Shephards  and  Lotts, 

Cheneys  and  Plowmans,  Lurton  and  Potts. 

Hendersons  and  Perrys,  the  Piggots  and  Post, 

The  Brocks  and  the  Terrys  and  Fisher,  "Mine  Host." 

And  the  Browns  and  Copes,  the  Downeys  and  Eads, 

The  Hurds  and  Hamiltons,  men  of  good  deeds. 

The  Coopers  and  Windsors  and  one  J.  R,  Black, 

Elected  Jersey's  first  treasurer  in  days  away  back. 

And  the  VanHornes  and  Bells  and  Harley  E.  Hays, 

Must  close  up  the  list  lest  you  think  it  a  craze. 

(In  conclusion  to  those  of  my  early  associates  who  began  life  on  a 
Jersey  farm  about  the  same  time  as  your  speaker,  let  me  leave  with  you 
the  following  queries:) 


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As  the  years  fly  swiftly  onward  and  life's  shadows  lengthen 
fast, 

As  your  cares  and  troubles  deepen  and  your  joys  and  pleas- 
ure last, 

As  you  muse  on  life's  mutations  and  oft  view  them  with 
alarm, 

Do  your  thoughts  recur,  and  often,  to  your  boyhood  on  the 
farm? 

Do  there  come  the   recollections  of  your  first  new  pair  of 

pants, 
How  you  showed  them  to  your  Uncles  and  your  Cousins  and 

your  Aunts, 
How  your  Mother,   heaven   bless  her,   when  she'd  got  the 

things  complete, 
Wondered  how  you'd  e'er  distinguish  'twixt  the   front  part 

and  the  seat? 

How  you  sallied  forth  with  limbs  encased   in   this  new  rig- 
unique, 
With  hands  thrust   down  in  pockets   deep  and   tongue  too 

proud  to  speak, 
How   you   soon    returned,     your    face    awry,    your    spirits 

crushed  and  torn 
Likewise  your  pants,  and    the   egg's   as   well   you'd   in   your 

pockets  borne? 

Do  vagrant  strains  still  linger  of  that  "music  in  the  air" 

That  went  surging  through  the  rafters  when  your  mother 
cut  your  hair? 

When  she'd  seize  you  by  the  foretop,  clamp  your  head  be- 
tween her  knees, 

And  threaten  dire  disaster  did  you  even  dare  to  sneeeze? 

Can  you  hear  the  lively  clicking  of  those  monster,  dull  sheep 
shears, 

As  they  swished  about  your  cranium,  and  mayhap,  nipped 
your  ears? 


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While  your  sunburned  locks  were  falling-  at  each   successive 

whack, 
And  either  lodged  in  eyes  or  nose,  or  went  glimmering-  down 

your  back? 

And  when  at  last,  the  job  complete,  you  the  to  mirror  flew 
And  viewed  your  "nog-gin"  fore  and  aft  from  every   point  of 

view. 

Had  you  before,  or  have  you  since,  in  heavens,  earth,  or  air, 
Gazed  on  a  scene  or  met  a  fright  that  could  with  it   compare? 

Do  other  scenes  come  before  you  of  earlier  life  on  the    farm, 
Hog  killing,  harvest  and  threshing,  and  the  gay  husking  bee 

in  the  barn; 
When  the  golden  fruit  hung  in   the  orchard,   or   the   turkey 

stole  off  for  her  "set," 
Or  the  bumble  bee  answered  your  call  and   whose  sting  on 

your  eye  hurts  you  yet? 

Do  you  frequently  sit  in  the  gloaming  and   sigh   for  a  sight 

of  old  Tige, 
That  faithful  old  dog,  and  so  aged  that  he  had  but  few  hairs 

in  his  hide? 
In  short  how  well  it  would  please   you — how  much   would   it 

act  as  a  charm, 
To  mingle  for  a  time  in  those  scenes  of  your  boyhood   days 

on  the  farm? 


emona 


is 


ervice. 


William  McKinley,  the  twenty-fourth  President  of  the 
United  States,  in  the  one  hundred  and  •twenty-sixth  year  of 
our  National  Independence,  on  Friday,  September  6,  1901,  at 
4  o'clock,  p.  m.,  was  shot  down  by  an  assassin  by  the  name 
of  Leon  Czolgosz,  an  avowed  anarchist,  while  in  the  Temple 
of  Music  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  attending-  the  Pan-American  Ex- 
position. The  assassin  was  a  Russian  Pole  of  American 


birth,  his  father  having'  been  a  saloon-keeper  in  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  where  his  son  had  received  the  anarchistic  principles 
which  culminated  in  the  assassination  of  the  president. 

L'zolg-osz    was   a   young   man,    single,   about   twenty-six 
years  old.     He  gloried  in  the  murderous  deed,   and   said    he 


—238— 

had  done  his  duty.  While  President  McKinley  was  shaking- 
hands  with  the  people  at  a  public  reception,  the  young  assas- 
sin came  forward  and  as  Mr.  McKinley  reached  out  his  hand 
of  greeting',  the  assassin  with  one  hand  pushed  awav  the 
hand  of  the  President  and  with  the  other  hand  in  which  he 
held  a  new  36-calibre  revolver  covered  with  a  handkerchief, 
fired  two  shots  in  quick  succession.  The  first  ball  took  effect 
in  his  sternum  bone,  not  mortally  wounding-,  the  second  pass- 
ed entirely  through  the  stomach,  lodging  behand  the  muscles 
of  the  vertebrae,  and  was  never  exactly  located.  The  first 
bullet  was  immediately  extracted,  the  second  never  was  and 
became  the  mortal  wound. 

The  President  was  immediately  taken  to  the  exposition 
hospital  where  he  passed  through  a  surgical  operation,  stitch- 
ing the  openings  in  both  the  front  entrance  into  the  stamach, 
and  also  the  back  wall,  or  exit  of  the  ball. 

The  operation  appeared  to  be  successful,  and  the  presi- 
dent each  day  was  reported  as  improving.  From  the  9th  to 
i2th  of  September  he  was  considered  out  of  danger,  until 
Friday  night,  September  13,  when  he  sank  into  unconscious- 
ness, and  all  hope  of  recovery  was  abandoned.  He  died  Sat- 
urday morning  at  the  Miiburn  residence,  Buffalo,  N.  Y., 
September  14th  at  2:15,  a.  m.  His  farewell  words  were, 
"Good  by,  all,  good-by.  It  is  God's  way:  His  will  be  done.1' 
His  last  audable  words  were  trying  to  sing  his  favorite  hymn, 
"Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee,  Nearer  to  thee,"  when  his  voice 
was  hushed  in  death.  No  man  that  ever  lived  or  died  was  so 
universally  wept  over,  by  not  only  the  75,000,000  people  of 
his  own  nation,  but  all  other  civilized  nations  of  the  earth. 

The  first  Sunday  following  his  death,  all  the  pastors  of 
the  Jerseyville  churches  made  special  mention  and  prayers 
for  the  dead  president.  Father  Marks,  pastor  of  the  church 
of  the  Holy  Ghost,  offered  a  special  prayer  service.  Rev. 
J.  G.  Klene  took  for  his  evening  subject:  "The  President's 
death,  and  our  Nation's  Duty."  At  the  First  Baptist  church, 
Dr.  J.  A.  Ford,  in  the  evening,  took  for  his  subject:  "The  as- 


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sassination  of  President  McKinley,"  At  St.  Francis 
Xavier's  church  Rev.  Father  Daw,  of  Winchester,  in  his 
morning1  service,  paid  a  high  tribute  to  the  dead  president. 
President  Theodore  Roosevelt  issued  a  proclamation  ap- 
pointing- Thursday,  Sept.  19,  the  day  on  which  the  body  of 
the  dead  President  was  laid  in  its  last  resting"  place,  as  a  day 
of  mourning1  and  prayer  throughout  the  united  States. 

In  harmony  with  that  proclamation  Mayor  Georg-e   Locke, 
of  the  city  of  Jerseyville,  issued  the  following1   proclamation: 

PROCLAMATION. 

WHEREAS,  For  the  fifth  time  in  the  history  of  the  Repub- 
lic, its  Chief  Magistrate  has  been  removed  by  death;  and 

WHF:REAS,  All  hearts  are  filled  with  grief  and  sorrow  at 
the  hideous  crime  which  has  darkened  our  land,  and  the 
memory  of  the  murdered  President,  his  week  of  suffering, 
his  unyielding  fortitude,  the  example  and  achievement  of  his 
life  and  and  the  pathos  of  his  death  will  forever  illumine  the 
pages  of  our  history;  and 

WHEREAS,  In  accordance  with  the  proclamation  of  Presi- 
dent Theodore  Roosevelt,  memorial  services  for  the  late 
President,  WILLIAM  McKiNLEY,  will  be  held  in  the  First  Bap- 
tist church,  in  this  city,  on  Thursday,  September  19th,  A.  D,, 
at  the  hour  of  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon; 

THEREFORE,  I,  Geo.  D.  Locke,  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Jersey- 
ville, earnestly  request  our  citizens  to  drape  their  buildings 
in  mourning,  and  refrain  from  their  ordinary  avocations  be- 
tween the  hours  of  two  o'clock  p.  m.,  and  four  o'clock  p.  m., 
of  Thursday,  the  19th  day  of  September,  A.  D.,  1901,  as  a 
tribute  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  our  late  President,  and 
for  the  purpose  of  attending  the  memorial  services. 

I  hereby  order  and  direct  that  the  City  Hall  be  draped  in 
mourning  for  a  period  of  thirty  days, 

IN  TESTIMONY  WHEREOF,  I,  Geo,  D.  Locke,  May- 
or of  said  city,  have  hereunto  set   my   hand 
[SEAL]  and  caused  to  be  affixed  hereto   the   seal   of 

said  city  this  sixteenth    day  of   September, 
A.  D,,  1901. 

By  the  Mayor:  GEO.  D.  LOCKE, 

ALBERT  H.  FOSTER,  City  Clerk. 


The  Memorial  services  were  conducted  according-  to  the 
Proclamation,  in  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Jerseyville,  ac- 
cording' to  the  following"  programme: 

PROGRAMME. 

Organ  Solo  "Funeral  March"  Chopin 

Proclamation  by  the  President  Rev.  F.  A.  Marks 

Hymn,  "Lead,  Kindly  Light" Choir 

Reading"  of  Resolutions  Mr.  Chas  S.    White 

Soprano  Solo "Holy  City"  Stephen  Adams 

Mrs.  Geo.  D.  Locke. 

Remarks Rey.  P.  Fallon 

Anthem       "Death  Shall  Have  no  More  Dominion  Over  Him." 
From  "The  Redemption"  Choir 

Prayer Rev.  J.  G.  Klene 

Hymn "America"          Choir  and  Congregation 

Address Rev.  Dr.  J.  A.  Ford 

Hymn  .."Nearer,  My  God,  to  Thee,"  Choir  and  Congregation 

Benediction Rev.  J.  G.  Klene 

Organ   Solo "Dirge" E.  Greig 

This  was  one  of  the  best  days  ever  known  in  Jerseyville. 
Though  the  occasion  was  a  sad  one,  yet  God  brought  good 
out  of  it.  Upon  the  platform  were  the  pastors  of  the  Catholic 
parishes,  Rev.  Father  Marks,  Rev.  Father  Fallon,  with  all 
the  protestant  pastors  present  in  the  city,  Rev.  Dr.  J.  A.  Ford 
and  Rey.  J.  G.  Klene,  a  sight  the  writer  longed  to  see  for 
many  years;  each  taking  a  part  nobly  in  the  exercises.  The 
memorial  address  was  delivered  by  Dr.  Ford,  and  was  a  mas- 
terly effort.  The  exercises  were  presided  over  by  our  vener- 
able Col.  W.  H.  Fulkerson,  in  a  faultless  and  becoming  man- 
ner. Thus  closed  the  most  solemn  and  wide  spread  memo- 
rial exercises  ever  known  upon  the  face  of  the  earth.  A 
good  man  has  gone.  "It  is  God's  way;  his  will  be  done." 


— 141— 
MARTYR  PRESIDENTS. 


ABRAHAM  LINCOLN.  JAMES  A.  GAR  FIELD. 

President  Lincoln  was  shot  by  J.  Wilkes  Booth  April  14, 
1865.  He  died  early  the  next  morning-,  Api'il  15.  Presi- 
dent Garfield  was  shot  by  Charles  J.  Guiteau  July  2,  1881. 
He  died  September  19,  1881. 

On  the  death  of  Mr.  Lincoln  -public  memorial  services 
were  held  in  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Jerseyville.  On  the 
death  of  Mr.  Garfield  public  memorial  services  were  held  in 
the  court  house  yard. 


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INDEX. 


Akard.  B.   W 186 

Adams,  John 9 

Aecario,  X 206 

Allen,  Dr.   A.    B 81 

Alexander  &   Miller 202 

Anten  &  Co 194 

Barnett,  Dr.  A.  A 85 

Barry.  Dr.  E.  L.  H 87 

Beaty.  D.  E 167 

Bayer.  II .  F 207 

Bagley,  M.  E 174 

Bell.  Jas 196 

Becker,  J.  W 54 

Besse.  D.  D.  Rev.  C.  B 43 

Borger,  C.  C 200 

Boynton.  J.  E     199 

Bringhurst.  Dr.  James 78 

Brockman,  H.H 20g 

Brockrnan,  H.  F 209 

Brockman,  Win.  F   208 

Brooks,  C   E 202 

Buffington,  Dr.  C   G 79 

Batler,  T.    VV 187 

Burnett,  Win.  G     185 

Brown,  J.  G   210 

Booker,  R.   B 210 

Bowman,  agency, 211 

Collenberger,  R 207 

Casey,  Dr.  E.  A 77 

Catt,  Rev.  Stephen.... ...   45 

Carr,  J.  S 102 

Chapman,  Hon.  T.  S 98 

Cheney,  Murray 153 

Cheney,  C.  P 154 

Cheney,  D.  P 155 

Cheney,  G.  P 156 

Cheney,  Emily   157 

Cheney,  Mrs.  D.  P 169 

Cheney,  Dr.  A.  M    170 

Christy.  John 199 


Cooper.  J.  E 159 

Cooper,  Rev.  M.  M 45 

Corbett.  Prof   Penuel   57 

Corbett.  Virginia 57 

Cory.  J.  E 194 

Cory.  Alice 214 

Cockrell,  E   199 

Cross,  A.  W         188 

Cross,  H.   X. 166 

Cross,  E 189 

Cutting,  Agency 211 

Criminal  Record 227 

Curtis,  E.    L 222 

Cutting,  ousan  H 57 

Children 180 

City  Band 224 

D'Arcy,  Dr.  E.  A 152 

D'Arcy,  Mary 169 

Daniels,  H   IS 194 

Daniels,  S.  D 181 

Daniels,  J.   S 219 

Dashner,  F.  M 205 

Decrevel,  M 206 

Dolan,  James 205 

Dolan,  J.   M 216 

Doenges,   H 208 

Duffield,  J.  H   191 

DuHadway,  Dr.  C 86 

Dunphy.  Mrs.  J 203 

Eaton.     Elizabeth 214 

Egelhoff,   G 197 

Embly  &   Son 213 

Enos,  Dr.  Chas.  R 87 

Enos,  Dr.  Jos.   VV 90 

Enos,  Dr.  Chas.  W 80 

Enos.  Miss  Cordelia 90 

English,  Hon.  J.   N" 150 

Engel,  Leon 185 

Envin,    J.    G 114 

Estebrooke.  Dr.  W.  W..  84 


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Faulkner.  James  2 

Farley,  Miss  Mary 10 

Fallen,  Rev.  Patrick 44 

Farley,  Dr  K.  D 78 

Fahey,    W.   F 198 

Fauth.John     209 

Fanuers's  Institute 226 

Fales  &  Ferine 203 

Ferns,  Hon.    T.    F 99 

Fesenmeyer  &   Senior  185 

Finch,  J.  M 216 

Fry,  George 216 

Giers  <fe   Newbery 202 

Gill,  Dr.  Henry  Z 83 

Gledhill,  Dr.  H.  R   88 

Goodrich,  Hon.  A.    A 102 

Godar,  L.  G '.  .    .208 

Grosvenor,  Rev.  L 14 

Griggsby,  Mrs 3 

Griggs,  Ed  D 212 

Harris  J.   L 207 

Hamilton  Dr.  J.  B    78 

Hamilton,  Dr.  J.  O   79 

Hamilton,  O.   B 97 

Hamilton.  P.  M 102 

Harriman,  Dr.  H.  C 78 

II arty,  Rev.  James 179 

Hays,  J.  W 115 

Herdman,  Hon.  G.  W    96 

Herold,Fred 200 

Hansell,  W 117 

Hanley,   Will 201 

Hill,  H.  B   185 

Hill,  S.  L 196 

Hill,  H.  F ........214 

1 1  ossner,  Theo 204 

Horn,  John 198 

Holmes  Clothing  Store 186 

Holland,  Dr.  Wm.  E 91 

Hutchison,  Dr.   Wm 78 

Hughes,  J  J 101 

Houghtlin,  W.  H 215 

Jacobs.  Charles  .  ..191 


Jacobs  &  Robb 199 

Jacoby  Bros 203 

Jones.  W.  C 214 

Jones,  Children 181 

Kenner,  Mrs.  W.  S 202 

Kiely,  Richard 176 

Keller.  Cosmos 179 

Keller,  Children, 181 

Kiely,    Children 181 

Keehner,  John 187 

Klene,  Rev.  J.  G..      ., 41 

Knapp,  Dr.  A.  R 78 

Knapp,  Dr.  C.   H 79 

Knapp,  Dr.  Geo.  H 82 

Knapp,  Hon.  A.  L   93 

Knapp,  Hon.  R.  M 93 

Kingston,  Dr.  T.  A 8] 

Krotzsch,  W.  F 213 

Lancrey,   Philip 193 

Laurent,   L 175 

Laufkoetter,  Geo 203 

Leach,  O.  D 99 

Leigh  &  Son 209 

Leak,  H   212 

Leak  &  Fleming 191 

Little,  Irwin 9 

Library,  City 222 

Locke,  J.  A 170 

Locke,  Hon    Oo.  D 149 

Locke,  Children 180 

Lott,  Dr.  John  W 77 

Lowe.  A.  W 187 

Marks,  Rev-  Francis  A   44 

Maloney,  H.  C 187 

Mann.  N.  E. 214 

Marston  &  Halliday 186 

Massey,  Wm.  H 206 

Miller,  L.  A 185 

Miller  Bros. 208 

McFain,  Chas 205 

Moss,  Tom 227 

Mercuric,  Leo   206 

Miner,  N.  .  ..160 


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McGrath,  J.  C 17(5 

y.  ode, .( acob 20 1 

Mode.  John 205 

Myrii-k.  O    P 179 

Myers.  E   A    11 197 

McKinley   Memorial 237 

Newspapers 48 

Nash.  Rev.  C 46 

National   Hotel 227 

Newton,  Kobt 172 

Newton,  Albert 178 

Nitschke,  Paul 202 

Noble,  II     P 101 

Page,  J.  M 53 

Perry,  Dr.  J.  C 77 

Perry,  C.  O 207 

Pike,  Prof.  J 60 

Pitt.  A.   F 203 

Postmasters 6 

Pogue,  H.   W 98 

Public  Schools 60 

Purinton,  A.  B 221 

Pritchett,  D.  P 197 

Postoffice 223 

Quinn,  A.  II 115 

Reiner  &  DuHadway 201 

Reintges,  Jacob 181 

Rich,  Dr.  H.  W 92 

Richards,  W.  P.  &  Co 208 

Ross,  J.  C 115 

Roerig,  F.  W 202 

Rowden,  G.  A 212 

Seago,  Geo.  M 101 

Selby,  Flon.  T..T 103 

Seago  &  Johnson 197 

Schmidt,  Chas 208 

Schmidt,  F    C 198 

Schneider,  John 192 

Schroeder.  W.  H..'. 115 

Scribner,  C 209 

Scheiner  &  Woodruff 186 

Shafer  &  Hanley 187 


Sfhpffor  &  Son .t02 

Shobf.  Dr   A    A !-7 

Shephard.   Win 1(>2 

Shephanl.  Mrs    Win ...    Hi'2 

Shephard.  .J.   A 189 

Shephard.  H    A. 189 

S lattery,  K.  D 193 

Slaten,  Judge  A.  M 103 

Stanley,  S   D   . 208 

Stelle's   agency 212 

Sixty  Years  Ago 229 

Sweeney.  Josh 204 

Sweeney,  John 205 

Smith,  G.  R 200 

Snedeker,  lion.  O.   A 94 

Sumrall,  Dr    Geo 83 

Swallow,  Col    Geo.  R 173 

Tack,  J.  C .....197 

Titterington,  Dr   M.  B 90 

Tiff,  O.  A 204 

Terry,  Wm 207 

Templeton,  J.  K 182 

Tunehorst,  H  A. 200 

Vandyke,  Dr.  R.  H 77 

VanHorne,  Dr.  A.  K 84 

VanHorne,  Geo.  H 215 

Vandervoort,  B   C 183 

Vaughn,  Ed  J 100 

Vaughn,  Children 183 

Waggoner,  Dr.  L    T 91 

Warren.  M.  A  184 

Warren,  Hon   Geo.  E 164 

Warren,  Geo.  E 184 

Wells,  E.  S 23  and  218 

West  &  Son 196 

Ware&  Son 201 

Wade,  J.  E 182 

Wagner,  J 187 

Warren  &  Wiseman 184 

Ware.  Geo.  W.... 177 

Wedding,  Benj 219 

White,  Dr.  J.  L..  .78 


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Wiles.  Dr.  A.  M 88  Whitehead  &  Alexander 206 

Williams,  Dr.  J.  8 89  Wyckoff,  D.  G 161 

White,  Chas.  S 100  Wyckoff,  H.  N 161 

Whitehead,  R 183  Y.  M.  C.  A 226 

Whitlock  &  Co. .  ..188 


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